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
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Oct–May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaScarceCommon12–13 cm
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusScarceCommon55–67 cm
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–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





