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
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon31–33 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaScarceCommon10–12 cmRegularly May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusScarceCommon12–13 cmRegularly May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–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