Common Birds in Laois
Our list for Laois has 63 common birds recorded regularly there: 36 residents, 11 summer visitors, 6 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Laois in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisScarceCommon22–27 cm
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaScarceCommon26–29 cm
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceCommon55–65 cm
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Oct–May
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