Birds to See in Swansea in October
84 bird species on our list for Swansea are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Song Thrush, Bullfinch, Greenfinch and Eurasian Wigeon and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
From Swansea’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 84 birds in October
84 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.09% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.33% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.06% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.98% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.80% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.75% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.62% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.62% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.58% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.58% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.53% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.53% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.53% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.49% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.49% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.49% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.35% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.31% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.13% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
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