Birds to See in Connaught in October
148 bird species on our list for Connaught are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Pied Wagtail and Common Starling. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Barnacle Goose and Long-tailed Duck and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Golden PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
MerlinBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Pink-footed GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
Lesser WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
American Golden-PloverBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
From Connaught’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 148 birds in October
148 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.13% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.10% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct- Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.85% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.82% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.22% in Oct- MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Oct- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct- American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Oct- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% 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