Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in July
96 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
96 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Dunlin, Rock Dove, Common Redstart and Green Sandpiper and 4 more.
Residents
(64)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jul
Summer visitors
(19)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jul
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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