Birds to See in Torfaen in September
26 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit and Jackdaw. New this month: Dunnock, Common Starling, European Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 1 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Torfaen’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 26 birds in September
26 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 6.27% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 5.76% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.76% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.51% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 5.51% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.01% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 4.76% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.26% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.76% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.51% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.51% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.51% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.26% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 2.01% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.75% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.75% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.50% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.50% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.50% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.25% in Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Wren 9–10 cm
- Chiffchaff 10–12 cm
- Blue Tit 11–12 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Eurasian Nuthatch 12–15 cm
- Dunnock 14–15 cm
- Long-tailed Tit 13–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Coot 36–42 cm
- Woodpigeon 40–42 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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