Birds in Carmarthenshire
164 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 164 bird species recorded regularly there: 73 residents, 19 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 39,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Carmarthenshire in September
106 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Carrion Crow
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Little Egret
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Great Cormorant
Resident

Mallard
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Grey Heron
Resident
Arriving in September: Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Pintail, Reed Bunting, Eurasian Siskin, Barnacle Goose, Cetti's Warbler, Whooper Swan, Cattle Egret and 2 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Carmarthenshire each month: most in April (109), fewest in October (84). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 164 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 164 species

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
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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