Birds to See in Sligo in October
50 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
50 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow, Curlew and Rook. New this month: Linnet, Song Thrush, Eurasian Wigeon and Rock Pipit and 13 more.
New in October17
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–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