Birds to See in Torfaen in October
20 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
20 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, European Robin, Blue Tit, Jackdaw and Carrion Crow. New this month: European Green Woodpecker and Little Grebe.
New in October2
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
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