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
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jul–May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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