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
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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