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
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 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