Common Birds in Powys
Our list for Powys has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 22 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Powys in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
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