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
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarceUncommon42–45 cm
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar
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