Birds to See in Mayo in October
108 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit and European Robin. New this month: Redwing, Whooper Swan, Barnacle Goose and Common Pheasant and 7 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 108 birds in October
108 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.70% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.56% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.38% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.31% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.13% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.10% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.06% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.06% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.01% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.90% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.90% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.88% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.84% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.79% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.77% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.58% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.54% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.36% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.27% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.26% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.15% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.14% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.11% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
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