Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in September
106 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Little Egret, Black-headed Gull and Great Cormorant. New this month: Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Pintail, Reed Bunting and Eurasian Siskin and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 106 birds in September
106 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.11% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.01% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.68% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.66% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.50% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.07% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.02% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.97% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.94% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.79% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.71% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.69% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.64% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.31% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.25% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
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