Birds to See in Leinster in October
153 bird species on our list for Leinster are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Magpie, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldeneye and Greater White-fronted Goose and 15 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Leinster’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 153 birds in October
153 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.75% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% 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