Birds in Pembrokeshire
198 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Pembrokeshire has 198 bird species recorded regularly there: 58 residents, 43 summer visitors, 34 winter visitors, 54 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 126,000 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 Pembrokeshire in September
147 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Robin
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Jackdaw
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Red-billed Chough
Summer visitor

Meadow Pipit
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Resident

Chiffchaff
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Red-throated Loon, Merlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Mistle Thrush, Grasshopper Warbler, Dipper, Common Redstart, Grey Plover and 17 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Pembrokeshire each month: most in September (147), fewest in December (97). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 198 birds on the list
Showing 139–161 of 198 species

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct

Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep

Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly Jul–Oct

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep

Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov

Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov

Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul

Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–Sep

Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Sep

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Feb

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–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