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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Galway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 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