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
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarceRare42–45 cm
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarceRare40–50 cm
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaScarceRare28–38 cm
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceRare11–13 cm
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceRare24–28 cm
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Oct
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