Rare Birds in Leinster
Our list for Leinster has 53 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 1 summer visitor, 7 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Leinster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaScarceRare15–18 cm
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cm
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