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
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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