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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mayo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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