Common Birds in Dublin
Our list for Dublin has 80 common birds recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 12 summer visitors and 11 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dublin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 80, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 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