Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in January
101 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Magpie. New this month: Chiffchaff, Linnet, Red Knot and Barnacle Goose and 8 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 101 birds in January
101 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.66% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.47% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.40% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.27% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.72% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.55% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.52% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.39% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.39% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.39% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.36% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.36% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jan · 0.29% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.20% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.20% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.20% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.20% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.16% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.10% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
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