Birds in Clare
163 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Clare has 163 bird species recorded regularly there: 60 residents, 26 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors, 43 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 72,000 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 Clare in September
116 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Herring Gull
Resident

Rook
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Resident

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Common Starling
Resident

Curlew
Winter visitor
Arriving in September: Common Loon, Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Northern Lapwing, Common Shelduck, Black Guillemot, Mistle Thrush, Red-throated Loon and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Clare each month: most in September (116), fewest in June (92). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 163 birds on the list
Showing 116–138 of 163 species

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–May

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Nov–May

Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year

Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep
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Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Mar

Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep

Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun

Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Jan–Mar

Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
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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