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
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct
PochardAythya ferinaScarceUncommon42–49 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec
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