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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorScarceCommon23–26 cm
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusScarceCommon24–33 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