United Kingdom Ramsar wetland
Cors Caron
124 bird species recorded; the most in February and from April to June.
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This month here
81 species in January.88 species in February.69 species in March.87 species in April.86 species in May.90 species in June.79 species in July.70 species in August.82 species in September.54 species in October.83 species in November.68 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
124 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 124Speciesrecorded more than once
- 45Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,437Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 158 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 3Owls
- 11Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 15Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 61Songbirds
- 14Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 124 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Songbirds61 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February and from April to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/2°128 mm
- Feb6°/1°99 mm
- Mar8°/2°90 mm
- Apr11°/4°71 mm
- May15°/6°85 mm
- Jun17°/9°93 mm
- Jul19°/11°102 mm
- Aug18°/11°107 mm
- Sep16°/9°89 mm
- Oct13°/7°131 mm
- Nov9°/4°134 mm
- Dec6°/2°141 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cors Caron.
Raised bog in Ceredigion
Cors Caron is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United Kingdom.
124 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,437 open records.
The most recorded are the Red Kite, the Common Buzzard and the Carrion Crow.
24 species come for the summer, 21 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in February and from April to June.
Get there and watch
- Hendrewencampsite · 3.8 km · 8 within 10 km
- Neuaddlasplace to stay · 0.2 km · 18 within 10 km
- Tregaronnearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 102 km in a straight lineCar hire at CWL airport (Cardiff)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmHendrewen, Aeron View Camping, Bryn-y-gors Holiday Park and 5 more
- 18places to stay within 10 kmNeuaddlas, Y Talbot, Caban Caron and 15 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Cors Caron.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas291 mountains within 25 kmGarn Gron541 m · 6.9 kmCrug Gynon525 m · 14 kmLlan Ddu Fawr594 m · 14 kmDrygarn Fawr645 m · 19 kmPen y Garn611 m · 20 kmY Glog (Draws Drum)574 m · 23 kmDrybedd566 m · 24 kmGorllwyn613 m · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLlyn Teifi0.2 km² · 13 kmLlyn Gynon0.2 km² · 13 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmCaradog Falls · 8.4 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyRiver Teifi122 kmAfon Cych
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Cors Caron
United Kingdom
- 53Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 45Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5173119) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,437 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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