Common Birds in Carlow
Our list for Carlow has 67 common birds recorded regularly there: 42 residents, 6 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Carlow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Aug–May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Sep–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusScarceCommon32–39 cm
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan
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