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
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaScarceUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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