Uncommon Birds in Wexford
Our list for Wexford has 64 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 7 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wexford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceUncommon27–30 cm
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaScarceUncommon28–38 cm
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cm
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceUncommon50–58 cm
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceUncommon15–17 cm
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarceUncommon42–45 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





