Birds in Leinster
211 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Leinster has 211 bird species recorded regularly there: 94 residents, 30 summer visitors, 41 winter visitors, 35 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 788,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Leinster in September
151 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Herring Gull
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Magpie
Resident
Black-headed Gull
Resident
Jackdaw
Resident
Rook
Resident
Arriving in September: Brent Goose, Red-throated Loon, Whooper Swan, Common Loon, Northern Pintail, Purple Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose, Grasshopper Warbler and 9 more.
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Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Leinster each month: most in April (155), fewest in February (141). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Oct
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Aug
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
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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