Birds to See in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff in September
38 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Rhondda, Cynon, Taff are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Blue Tit, Dunnock, Great Tit and Chiffchaff and 20 more.
New in September24
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(24)Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Mar

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Sep–May

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–May

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
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