Uncommon Birds in Dublin
Our list for Dublin has 60 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 12 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 60, most common first
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–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