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
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 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