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
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon31–33 cmRegularly May–Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataScarceCommon50–60 cm
Common GullLarus canusScarceCommon40–46 cm
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisScarceCommon16–18 cm
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaScarceCommon12–13 cm
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