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
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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