Common Birds in Cork
Our list for Cork has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 53 residents, 17 summer visitors and 17 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
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