Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in August
105 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, European Robin and Mallard. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Red Knot, Common Snipe and Eurasian Spoonbill and 15 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Carmarthenshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 105 birds in August
105 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.63% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.81% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.47% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.19% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.19% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.02% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.93% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.79% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.65% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.42% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.37% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug · 0.37% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.31% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.28% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
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