Birds Found in and around Carmarthen in Carmarthenshire

There are over 95 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Carmarthen. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Carmarthen


Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)
Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swift (Apus apus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)