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
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceUncommon48–66 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly 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