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
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
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