Uncommon Birds in Offaly
Our list for Offaly has 7 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 passage migrant and 3 scarce visitors
All 7, most common first
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheScarceUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceUncommon35–40 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Grasshopper Warbler 12–13 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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