Birds to See in Offaly in October
45 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 bird species on our list for Offaly are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Chaffinch, Eurasian Wren and Blackbird. New this month: Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Mistle Thrush and Great Tit and 20 more.
New in October24
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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