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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Clare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 51, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceUncommon50–71 cm
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–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