Birds to See in Bridgend in October
76 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Meadow Pipit and Magpie. New this month: Song Thrush, Eurasian Teal, Chaffinch and Eurasian Wigeon and 13 more.
New in October17
Residents
(42)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(23)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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