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 47–69 of 131 species

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
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Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year

Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year

Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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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