Birds in Neath Port Talbot
91 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Neath Port Talbot has 91 bird species recorded regularly there: 35 residents, 5 summer visitors, 28 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 9,027 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 Neath Port Talbot in September
28 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Blue Tit
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Blackbird
Resident

Eurasian Wren
Resident

Goldcrest
Winter visitor
Arriving in September: Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Linnet, European Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Neath Port Talbot each month: most in May (57), fewest in July (23). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 91 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 91 species

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jun

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
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Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Dec–Jan

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–May

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Sep–May
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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