Common Birds in Waterford
Our list for Waterford has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 35 residents, 24 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly May–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
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