Common Birds in Mayo
Our list for Mayo has 101 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 24 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mayo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
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





