Common Birds in Wexford
Our list for Wexford has 113 common birds recorded regularly there: 68 residents, 21 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wexford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 113, most common first
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentCommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–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