Uncommon Birds in Galway
Our list for Galway has 66 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 10 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
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 66, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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