Birds in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
87 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Rhondda, Cynon, Taff has 87 bird species recorded regularly there: 43 residents, 13 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 11,000 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 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff in September
38 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Jackdaw
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Summer visitor

European Robin
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Mallard
Resident

Eurasian Wren
Resident
Arriving in September: Blue Tit, Dunnock, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Common Starling, Eurasian Wren, Coal Tit and 16 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff each month: most in April (62), fewest in August (17). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 87 birds on the list
Showing 1–23 of 87 species

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
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Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
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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