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
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cm
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr
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