Birds in Louth
136 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Louth has 136 bird species recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 11 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 37,000 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 Louth in September
75 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Black-headed Gull
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Little Egret
Resident

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Curlew
Resident
Arriving in September: Brent Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Plover, Great Tit, Red-throated Loon, Common Snipe, Rock Pipit, Pink-footed Goose and 4 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Louth each month: most in November (87), fewest in May (69). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 136 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 136 species

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
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European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
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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