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 47–69 of 158 species

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
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Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year

Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
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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