Common Birds in Galway
Our list for Galway has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 18 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Galway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 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