Uncommon Birds in Cork
Our list for Cork has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 7 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 42 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
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