Birds to See in Torfaen in August
25 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
25 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard, European Robin and Jackdaw. New this month: Eurasian Collared Dove, Moorhen, Long-tailed Tit and Grey Wagtail and 3 more.
New in August7
Residents
(18)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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