Birds to See in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff in August
17 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Rhondda, Cynon, Taff are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow and Carrion Crow. New this month: Little Grebe and Dipper.
New in August2
Leaving after last month30
- Blue Tit
- Dunnock
- Common Swift
- Great Tit
- Chiffchaff
- Chaffinch
- Eurasian Wren
- Great Cormorant
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Song Thrush
- Eurasian Jay
- House Martin
- Common Raven
- Grey Heron
- Pied Wagtail
- Goldcrest
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Red Crossbill
- Eurasian Siskin
- Blackcap
- Canada Goose
- Treecreeper
- European Green Woodpecker
- Meadow Pipit
- Rock Dove
- Red Kite
- Sand Martin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Common Redpoll
Residents
(12)Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
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