Common Birds in Caerphilly
Our list for Caerphilly has 74 common birds recorded regularly there: 40 residents, 5 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 14 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Caerphilly in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–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