Common Birds in Wicklow
Our list for Wicklow has 96 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 17 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wicklow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
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