Common Birds in Clare
Our list for Clare has 111 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 19 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Clare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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





