Common Birds in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 93 common birds recorded regularly there: 62 residents, 19 summer visitors and 12 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 93, most common first
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
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