Uncommon Birds in Munster
Our list for Munster has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 8 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Munster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
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