Uncommon Birds in Louth
Our list for Louth has 36 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 2 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louth in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Feb
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


