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
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisScarceCommon16–18 cm
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct
CootFulica atraScarceCommon36–42 cm
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusScarceCommon28–31 cmRegularly May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusScarceCommon50–90 cm
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceCommon13–15 cm
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
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