Birds to See in Limerick in October
23 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Limerick are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Buzzard, Kestrel and Meadow Pipit.
New in October3
Leaving after last month28
- Woodpigeon
- Barn Swallow
- Chaffinch
- House Sparrow
- Song Thrush
- Dunnock
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Common Gull
- European Goldfinch
- Long-tailed Tit
- Coal Tit
- Moorhen
- Treecreeper
- Eurasian Teal
- Redshank
- Mistle Thrush
- Little Egret
- Coot
- Grey Wagtail
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Greenshank
- Rock Pipit
- Linnet
- Ringed Plover
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Nov
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
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