Birds to See in Munster in October
159 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Common Loon, Redwing, Great Shearwater and Fieldfare and 22 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Munster’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 159 birds in October
159 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.57% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.16% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.99% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.64% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.46% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.30% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.16% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
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