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 93–115 of 136 species

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–May

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jun–Nov

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
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Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Mar

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Aug

European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar

Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Nov–Aug

Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Aug

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Feb–Mar

Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Aug

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Jun

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug

Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Aug
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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