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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Galway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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