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 70–92 of 158 species

Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–May

Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year

Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–May

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
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Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year

Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year

Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year

Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Sep

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
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