Includes only those species which have been accepted by the relevant record panels, each species listed using ‘Vernacular – Latin – Welsh’ names. The code at the end of certain species refers to the records panel which requires a description of any sightings, please contact the county recorder for the details required.
(BBRC – British Birds Records Committee; WRP – Welsh Records Panel; CBC – Carmarthenshire Bird Club description required)
List currently 314 species.
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Hwyaden Goch | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Alarch Dôf | |
| Bewick’s Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Alarch Bewick | CBC |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Alarch y Gogledd | |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Gŵydd Ddu | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Gŵydd Canada | |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Gŵydd Wyran | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Gŵydd Wyllt | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Gŵydd Dalcen-wen Leiaf | BBRC |
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Gŵydd Dalcen-wen | |
| Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris | Gŵydd Llafur y Twndra | WRP |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhyncus | Gŵydd Droed-binc | |
| Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Gŵydd Llafur y Taiga | WRP |
| Mandarin | Aix galericulata | Hwyaden Gribog | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Gŵydd yr Aifft | |
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Hwyaden yr Eithin | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Hwyaden Gynffon-hir | |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | Hwyaden Fwythblu | |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Môr-hwyaden Ddu | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Môr-hwyaden yr Ewyn | WRP |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Môr-hwyaden y Gogledd | |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Hwyaden Lygad-aur | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | Lleian Wen | WRP |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Hwyaden Benwen | BBRC |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Hwyaden Frongoch | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | Hwyaden Ddanheddog | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Hwyaden Gribgoch | CBC |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | Hwyaden Bengoch | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Hwyaden Dorchog | CBC |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Hwyaden Gopog | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Hwyaden Benddu Leiaf | BBRC |
| Scaup | Aythya marila | Hwyaden Benddu | |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Corhwyaden Baical | BBRC |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Hwyaden Addfain | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Corhwyaden Asgell-las | BBRC |
| Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Hwyaden Lydanbig | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Hwyaden Lwyd | |
| Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Chwiwell | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Chwiwell America | WRP |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Hwyaden Wyllt | |
| Pintail | Anas acuta | Hwyaden Lostfain | |
| Teal | Anas crecca | Corhwyaden | |
| Red Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | Grugiar | |
| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | Grugiar Ddu | CBC |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | Petrisen | CBC |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Ffesant | |
| Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Sofliar | CBC |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Petrisen Goesgoch | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Gwyach Fach | |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritius | Gwyach Gorniog | CBC |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Gwyach Yddfgoch | WRP |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Gwyach Fawr Gopog | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Gwyach Yddfddu | CBC |
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Ceiliog y Waun | BBRC |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Ceiliog y Waun Lleiaf | BBRC |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Gwcw | |
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Turtur | CBC |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Turtur Dorchog | |
| Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | Ysguthan | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Colomen y Graig | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Colomen Wyllt | |
| Crane | Grus grus | Garan | CBC |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Rhegen y Dŵr | |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | Rhegen yr Ŷd | WRP |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rhegen Fraith | WRP |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Iâr Ddŵr | |
| Coot | Fulica atra | Cwtiar | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rhegen Fach | BBRC |
| Stone Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rhedwr y Moelydd | WRP |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Cambig | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Hirgoes | WRP |
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Pioden y Môr | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Cwtiad Llwyd | |
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Cwtiad Aur | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Corgwtiad Aur America | WRP |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Corgwtiad Aur y Môr Tawel | BBRC |
| Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Hutan y Mynydd | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Cwtiad Torchog Mawr | BBRC |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Cwtiad Torchog | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Cwtiad Torchog Bach | |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Cornicyll | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Coegylfinir | |
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | Gylfinir | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rhostog Gynffonfrith | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rhostog Gynffonddu | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Gïach Gylfin-hir | BBRC |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Gïach Fach | |
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Cyffylog | |
| Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Gïach | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Pibydd y Dorlan | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Pibydd Brych | BBRC |
| Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Llydandroed Wilson | BBRC |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Llydandroed Llwyd | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Llydandroed Gyddfgoch | WRP |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Pibydd Gwyrdd | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Pibydd y Gors | BBRC |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Pibydd y Graean | |
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | Pibydd Coesgch | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Melyngoes Bach | WRP |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Pibydd Coesgch Mannog | |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Pibydd Coeswerdd | |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Cwtiad y Traeth | |
| Knot | Calidris canutus | Pibydd yr Aber | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Pibydd Torchog | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Pibydd Cambig | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Pibydd Temminck | WRP |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Pibydd Bronllwyd | WRP |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Pibydd y Tywod | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Pibydd y Mawn | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Pibydd Du | CBC |
| Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Pibydd Baird | BBRC |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotus | Pibydd Cain | WRP |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Pibydd Bach | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fusicollis | Pibydd Tinwen | WRP |
| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | Rhedwr y Twyni | BBRC |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Cwtiadwennol Dorchog | BBRC |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Sgiwen y Gogledd | |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Sgiwen Lostfaen | CBC |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Sgiwen Frech | CBC |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Sgiwen Fawr | |
| Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Pâl | CBC |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Gwylog Ddu | CBC |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | Llurs | |
| Little Auk | Alle alle | Carfil Bach | CBC |
| Guillemot | Uria aalge | Gwylog | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Morwennol Fechan | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Morwennol Fwyaf | BBRC |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Morwennol Ylfinbraff | BBRC |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Corswennol Adeinwen | WRP |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Corswennol Ddu | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Morwennol Bigddu | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna pradisaea | Morwennol y Gogledd | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Morwennol Gyffredin | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougalli | Morwennol Wridog | CBC |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Gwylan Fechan | |
| Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Gwylan Goesddu | |
| Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | Gwylan Sabine | CBC |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Gwylan Ifori | BBRC |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Gwylan Bonaparte | BBRC |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Gwylan Penddu | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Gwylan Chwerthinog | BBRC |
| Franklin’s Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Gwylan Franklin | BBRC |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Gwylan Môr y Canoldir | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Gwylan Fodrwybig | WRP |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Gwylan y Gweunydd | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Gwylan Caspia | WRP |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Gwylan y Penwaig | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Gwylan Goesfelen | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Gwylan Gefnddu Fwyaf | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Gwylan y Gogledd | CBC |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Gwylan Gefnddu Leiaf | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Gwylan Asgell-lwydlas | BBRC |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Gwylan yr Arctig | CBC |
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Trochydd Gyddfgoch | |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Trochydd Mawr | |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Trochydd Gyddfddu | CBC |
| Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Pedryn Drycin | CBC |
| Leach’s Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Pedryn Gynffon-fforchog | CBC |
| Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Aderyn-drycin y Graig | |
| Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris domedea | Aderyn-drycin Cory | WRP |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Aderyn-drycin Du | CBC |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Aderyn-drycin Mawr | WRP |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Aderyn-drycin Manaw | |
| Mediterranean Shearwater | Puffinus yelcouan | Aderyn-drycin Môr y Canoldir | CBC |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Ciconia Du | BBRC |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconia Gwyn | CBC |
| Gannet | Morus bassanus | Hugan | |
| Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Mulfran Werdd | |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Mulfran | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Crymanbig Ddu | |
| Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Llwybig | |
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Aderyn y Bwn | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Aderyn-bwn Leiaf | BBRC |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Crëyr Bach | |
| Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Crëyr y Nos | WRP |
| Great White Egret | Ardea alba | Crëyr Mawr Gwyn | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Crëyr y Gwartheg | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Crëyr Porffor | WRP |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Crychydd | |
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Troellwr Mawr | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Gwennol Ddu’r Alpau | WRP |
| Swift | Apus apus | Gwennol Ddu | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Gwennol Welw-ddu | BBRC |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Tylluan Wen | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | Tylluan Fach | CBC |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Tylluan Glustiog | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Tylluan Gorniog | CBC |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | Tylluan Frech | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Gwalch y Pysgod | |
| Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivoris | Bod y Mêl | CBC |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Gwalch Glas | |
| Goshawk | Astur gentilis | Gwalch Marth | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Bod Llwydwyn | BBRC |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Bod Tinwen | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Bod Montagu | WRP |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Bod y Gwerni | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Barcud | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Eryr y Môr | WRP |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Bod Bacsiog | WRP |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Boda | |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Copog | CBC |
| Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rholydd | BBRC |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Glas y Dorlan | |
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Pengam | CBC |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | Cnocell Werdd | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopus major | Cnocell Fraith Fwyaf | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | Cnocell Fraith Leiaf | CBC |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Cudyll Coch | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Cudyll Troedgoch | WRP |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Cudyll Bach | |
| Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Hebog yr Ehedydd | |
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | Hebog Tramor | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Hebog y Gogledd | BBRC |
| Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Euryn | WRP |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Cigydd Mawr | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Cigydd Glas | BBRC |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Cigydd Pengoch | WRP |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Cigydd Cefngoch | WRP |
| Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Brân Goesgoch | |
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius | Ysgrech y Coed | |
| Magpie | Pica pica | Pioden | |
| Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | Malwr Cnau | BBRC |
| Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | Jac-y-do | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Ydfran | |
| Raven | Corvus corax | Cigfran | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | Brân Dyddin | |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | Titw Tomos Las | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | Titw Mawr | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | Titw Penddu | |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | Titw’r Wern | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | Titw’r Helyg | |
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | Titw Barfog | WRP |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | Ehedydd y Coed | CBC |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Ehedydd | |
| Shore Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Ehedydd y Traeth | WRP |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Telor Aur | WRP |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Telor Pêr | WRP |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Telor yr Hesg | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Telor y Dwr | BBRC |
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Telor y Cyrs | |
| Savi’s Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Telor Savi | BBRC |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Troellwr Bach | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Gwennol y Glennydd | |
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Gwennol | |
| House Martin | Delichon urbica | Gwennol y Bondo | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | Titw Gynffon Hir | |
| Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti | Telor Cetti | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Telor y Coed | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Telor Aelfelyn | CBC |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Telor yr Helyg | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | Siff-saff Iberia | BBRC |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Siff-saff | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Telor yr Ardd | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Llwydfron Fach | |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Telor Penddu | |
| Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Llwydfron | |
| Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata | Telor Dartford | |
| Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Cynffon Sidan | CBC |
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus | Dryw Penfflamgoch | |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | Dryw Eurben | |
| Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | Delor y Cnau | |
| Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | Dringwr Bach | |
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Dryw | |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Drudwy | |
| Rose-coloured Starling | Pastor roseus | Drudwen Wridog | WRP |
| Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | Bronwen y Dŵr | |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | Brych y Coed | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Bronfraith | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Coch Dan Aden | |
| Blackbird | Turdus merula | Mwyalchen | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | Socan Eira | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Mwyalchen y Mynydd | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Gwybedog Mannog | |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | Robin Goch | |
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Eos | WRP |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Gwybedog Brith | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Tingoch Du | |
| Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Tingoch | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Crec yr Eithin | |
| Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | Clochdar y Cerrig | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Tinwen y Diffeithwch | BBRC |
| Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Tinwen y Garn | |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | Llwyd y Berth | |
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Golfan y Mynydd | CBC |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Aderyn y Tô | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Sigl-di-gwt Lwyd | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Sigl-di-gwt Felen | |
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Sigl-di-gwt Fraith | |
| Richards Pipit | Anthus richardi | Corhedydd Richard | CBC |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Corhedydd y Coed | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Corhedydd y Waun | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | Corhedydd y Graig | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Corhedydd y Dŵr | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Pinc y Mynydd | |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Ji-binc | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Gylfinbraff | |
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Coch y Berllan | |
| Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Llinos Werdd | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | Llinos y Mynydd | CBC |
| Linnet | Linaria cannabina | Llinos | |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Llinos Bengoch | |
| Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Gylfin Groes | |
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Teiliwr Llundain | |
| Serin | Serinus serinus | Llinos Frech | WRP |
| Siskin | Spinus spinus | Pila Gwyrdd | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Bras yr Eira | |
| Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus | Bras y Gogledd | CBC |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | Bras y Cyrs | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Bras Lleiaf | WRP |
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Bras Penddu | BBRC |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | Bras yr Ŷd | WRP |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Bras y Gerddi | WRP |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Bras Ffrainc | WRP |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Melyn yr Eithin |