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
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
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