Common Birds in Carmarthenshire
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 13 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Carmarthenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–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