Birds in Dublin
158 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Dublin has 158 bird species recorded regularly there: 77 residents, 24 summer visitors, 34 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 441,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Dublin in September
125 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Herring Gull
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Rock Dove
Resident

Grey Heron
Resident
Arriving in September: Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Wigeon, Red-throated Loon, Purple Sandpiper, Northern Pintail, Water Rail, Little Stint and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Dublin each month: most in September (125), fewest in June (112). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 158 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 158 species

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
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Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
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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