Common Birds in Leinster
Our list for Leinster has 85 common birds recorded regularly there: 63 residents, 13 summer visitors and 9 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Leinster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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