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 · OctShare of all bird records in Caerphilly in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaScarceCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceCommon13–15 cm
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceCommon34–38 cm
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Feb
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





