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
Mute SwanCygnus olorScarceCommon140–160 cm
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceCommon75–90 cm
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceCommon16–17 cm
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisScarceCommon22–27 cm
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusScarceCommon28–38 cm
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisScarceCommon15–16 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaScarceCommon40–47 cm
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