Uncommon Birds in Connaught
Our list for Connaught has 74 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 12 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Connaught in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–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