Common Birds in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 90 common birds recorded regularly there: 55 residents, 15 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 90, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
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