Common Birds in Merthyr Tydfil
Our list for Merthyr Tydfil has 54 common birds recorded regularly there: 34 residents, 4 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Merthyr Tydfil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Dec–May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisScarceCommon15–16 cm
Common MerganserMergus merganserScarceCommon58–68 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaScarceCommon90–98 cm
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