Uncommon Birds in Wicklow
Our list for Wicklow has 57 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 11 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
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 57, most common first
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisScarceUncommon76–110 cm
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceUncommon13–15 cm
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–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