Crows & Jays in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 8 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Carrion Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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