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
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
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