Common Birds in Torfaen
Our list for Torfaen has 71 common birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 12 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Torfaen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
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