Birds in Vale of Glamorgan
131 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 131 bird species recorded regularly there: 68 residents, 16 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 37,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Vale of Glamorgan in September
87 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Carrion Crow
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Blackbird
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident
Arriving in September: Eurasian Siskin, Common Gull, Eurasian Wigeon, Red Kite, Ruddy Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Great White Egret.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Vale of Glamorgan each month: most in September (87), fewest in May (74). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 131 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 131 species

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year

Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
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Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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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