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 · Oct
Share 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
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–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