Birds to See in Clare in October
112 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Willow Warbler, Redwing, Blackcap and Red-breasted Merganser and 12 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Clare’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 112 birds in October
112 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.59% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.31% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.31% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.98% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.88% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.85% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.75% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.68% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.61% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.53% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.50% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.50% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.48% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.33% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.32% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.17% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in 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