Common Birds in Roscommon
Our list for Roscommon has 81 common birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 35 summer visitors, 13 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Roscommon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon12–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceCommon16–17 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaScarceCommon46–56 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
FieldfareTurdus pilarisScarceCommon22–27 cmRegularly Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–May
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