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.

All 87 birds in September

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.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Mute Swan
Mute SwanLargest · 160cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Mute Swan (160 cm)43 families

All 131 birds on the list

Showing 70–92 of 131 species

Common Pheasant

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pochard

Pochard

Aythya ferinaVU

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eurasian Teal

Eurasian Teal

Anas creccaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Curlew

Curlew

Numenius arquataNT

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Jul–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eurasian Collared Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaoctoLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Periparus aterLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Jun–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fulmar

Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialisLC

Summer visitorCommon

Regularly Jan–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Common Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadornaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Nov–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Stock Dove

Stock Dove

Columba oenasLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Aug–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eurasian Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaeaLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wheatear

Wheatear

Oenanthe oenantheLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Brambling

Brambling

Fringilla montifringillaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Goldeneye

Goldeneye

Bucephala clangulaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Dec–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Aug–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Redpoll

Common Redpoll

Acanthis flammeaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Oct–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Redshank

Redshank

Tringa totanusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-billed Chough

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC

Summer visitorCommon

Regularly Jan–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Merganser

Common Merganser

Mergus merganserLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinellaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Kite

Red Kite

Milvus milvusLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Gannet

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanusLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly May–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Yellow Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flavaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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