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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Torfaen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaScarceCommon29–37 cm
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
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