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
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceCommon16–17 cm
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceCommon33–38 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
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