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 162–184 of 198 species

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Oct

Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Nov

Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct

Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU

Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep

Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May
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Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct

Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb

Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov

Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct

Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct

Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Aug–Sep

Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Oct

Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Sep

Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC

Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep

Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU

Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Jun
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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