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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
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