Common Birds in Monmouthshire
Our list for Monmouthshire has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 24 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Monmouthshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made