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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sligo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRegularly May–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
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