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
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceCommon13–15 cmRegularly May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusScarceCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceCommon64–81 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantCommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
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