Uncommon Birds in Carmarthenshire
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 61 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 6 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
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 61, most common first
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceUncommon50–71 cm
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