Common Birds in Offaly
Our list for Offaly has 85 common birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 14 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Offaly in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cm
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantCommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
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