Birds in Swansea
143 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Swansea has 143 bird species recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 18 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 30,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Swansea in September
81 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Herring Gull
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Common Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Coot, Common Reed-warbler, Eider, Common Kingfisher.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Swansea each month: most in January (99), fewest in March (76). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 143 birds on the list
Showing 139–143 of 143 species

Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly May–Jun

Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC

Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC

Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Frequently Asked Questions
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