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
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
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