Birds to See in Laois in October
36 bird species on our list for Laois are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Hooded Crow, Chaffinch and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Blackbird, Eurasian Jay and Buzzard and 24 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctFrom Laois’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 36 birds in October
36 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 6.23% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.71% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 4.16% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.38% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.38% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.38% in Oct
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.12% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.12% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.86% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.86% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.34% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct · 2.34% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 2.34% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.34% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 2.34% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.34% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.08% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.82% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.82% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.82% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct · 1.56% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.56% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.56% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.56% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.30% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.30% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct · 1.30% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.30% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.30% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.30% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.04% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 1.04% in Oct
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