Thrushes in Carlow
Our list for Carlow has 5 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
All 5, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Aug–May
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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