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 70–87 of 87 species

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Jul

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr

Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–May

Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Dec

Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar
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Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–May

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb

Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May

Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Feb

Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May

Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly 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