Common Birds in Swansea
Our list for Swansea has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 48 residents, 16 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Swansea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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