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 139–161 of 163 species

Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep–Feb

Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly May–Jul

Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Dec

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Nov

White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Apr

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Dec

Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar
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Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Feb

Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC

Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Aug

Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Jan

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Jul

Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov

Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Jan

American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Oct

Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
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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