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
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceUncommon65–80 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceUncommon64–81 cm
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
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