Birds in Cardiff

124 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Cardiff has 124 bird species recorded regularly there: 58 residents, 10 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 80,000 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 Cardiff in September

76 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 76 birds in September

Arriving in September: Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Ruddy Turnstone, Northern Shoveler, Spotted Flycatcher, Stonechat, Eurasian Wigeon, Kestrel and 2 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Cardiff each month: most in April (93), fewest in August (70). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
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Mute Swan
Mute SwanLargest · 160cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Mute Swan (160 cm)42 families

All 124 birds on the list

Showing 116–124 of 124 species

Yellow Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flavaLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barn Owl

Barn Owl

Tyto albaLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Plover

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarolaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Scoter

Common Scoter

Melanitta nigraLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirundoLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Whinchat

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetraLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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