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
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 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