Common Birds in Leitrim
Our list for Leitrim has 53 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Leitrim in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxScarceCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb
CootFulica atraScarceCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–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