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
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusScarceRare15–16 cm
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct
Common CraneGrus grusScarceRare100–130 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