Uncommon Birds in Clare
Our list for Clare has 51 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 7 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
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 51, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
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