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 93–115 of 164 species

Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year

Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
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Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Feb

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jul

Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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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