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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Swansea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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