Rare Birds in Wicklow
Our list for Wicklow has 6 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
All 6, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceRare35–40 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cm
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Atlantic Puffin 28–34 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Great Skua 50–58 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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