Common Birds in Blaenau Gwent
Our list for Blaenau Gwent has 63 common birds recorded regularly there: 35 residents, 17 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Blaenau Gwent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
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





