Old World Flycatchers in Carmarthenshire
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Carmarthenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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