Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in October
36 bird species on our list for Neath Port Talbot are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Magpie and Great Tit. New this month: Coal Tit, European Goldfinch, Chaffinch and Mallard and 11 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Neath Port Talbot’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 36 birds in October
36 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.93% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.57% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.43% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Oct
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 4.14% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.64% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.43% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.21% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.71% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.50% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.50% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.07% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.00% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.78% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.57% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.50% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.36% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.14% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.07% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.07% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.00% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.00% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.79% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.43% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.29% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.21% in Oct
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