Birds to See in Wicklow in October
114 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Rook, Woodpigeon and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Whooper Swan, Redwing, Pink-footed Goose and Fieldfare and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 114 birds in October
114 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.30% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.84% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.51% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.33% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.30% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.27% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.25% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in 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