Birds to See in Cork in October
143 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull and Great Cormorant. New this month: Common Loon, Redwing, Red-breasted Merganser and Yellow-browed Warbler and 28 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Cork’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 143 birds in October
143 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.58% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.43% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.01% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.91% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.68% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.58% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.53% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.43% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.43% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.22% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.05% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
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