Common Birds in Limerick
Our list for Limerick has 77 common birds recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 12 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Limerick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon31–33 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cm
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