Common Birds in Sligo
Our list for Sligo has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 13 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sligo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
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