Birds in Mayo
163 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Mayo has 163 bird species recorded regularly there: 58 residents, 31 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 15 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 63,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Mayo in September
116 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Meadow Pipit
Resident
European Herring Gull
Resident
Pied Wagtail
Resident
Great Black-backed Gull
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
Common Starling
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Common Gull
Resident
Arriving in September: Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Goldcrest, Dunnock, Tufted Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Blackcap, Golden Plover and 30 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Mayo each month: most in September (116), fewest in August (82). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 163 birds on the list
Showing 93–115 of 163 species
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May
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Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Jan–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Jul
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jun
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr
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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