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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Connaught in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
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