Birds in Roscommon
82 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Roscommon has 82 bird species recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 35 summer visitors, 13 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 5,114 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 Roscommon in September
22 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Jackdaw
Summer visitor

European Robin
Resident

Mute Swan
Resident

Rook
Summer visitor

Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor

Hooded Crow
Summer visitor

Mallard
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Buzzard, Black-headed Gull, Great Tit, Moorhen, Rock Dove.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Roscommon each month: most in May (55), fewest in December (5). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 82 birds on the list
Showing 70–82 of 82 species

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly May–Jul

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jun

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Jul
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Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jun

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Jul

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
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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