Birds to See in Merthyr Tydfil in October
18 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
18 bird species on our list for Merthyr Tydfil are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Blackbird and 14 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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