Carmarthenshire

316,087Records since 2000

6,632Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 316,087
Species recorded: 6,632
Nation: Wales
Type of area: Unitary Authority

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0)

Most recorded species in Carmarthenshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	2,402
2	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	2,190
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,123
4	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	1,879
5	Sea trout, Brown trout Salmo trutta	Fish	August	1,724
6	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,723
7	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,610
8	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,594
9	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,579
10	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,547
11	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	1,535
12	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	1,477
13	Bullhead Cottus gobio	Fish	September	1,412
14	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,353
15	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,317
16	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	1,291
17	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	1,277
18	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,254
19	Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar	Fish	August	1,247
20	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	1,222
21	Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga	Mosses	March	1,186
22	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,181
23	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,169
24	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,169
25	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,154
26	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	1,142
27	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,141
28	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	1,137
29	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	1,109
30	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,083
31	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,073
32	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,025
33	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,023
34	Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum	Mosses	March	1,016
35	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,012
36	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	1,004
37	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	988
38	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	978
39	European Eel Anguilla anguilla	Fish	July	968
40	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	966
41	Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata	Mosses	March	942
42	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	931
43	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	930
44	Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata	Liverworts	March	913
45	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	902
46	Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	Mosses	March	901
47	Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata	Liverworts	March	900
48	Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum	Mosses	March	895
49	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	884
50	Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum	Mosses	April	876
51	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	873
52	Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Birds	August	854
53	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme	Mosses	March	843
54	Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium	Mosses	March	837
55	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	836
56	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	835
57	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	831
58	Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum	Mosses	March	825
59	Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum	Mosses	March	822
60	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	795