Uncommon Birds in Leinster
Our list for Leinster has 73 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 16 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
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 73, most common first
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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