Birds in Waterford
113 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Waterford has 113 bird species recorded regularly there: 40 residents, 24 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 15,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Waterford in September
58 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Rook
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

Jackdaw
Resident

European Robin
Resident
Arriving in September: Common Gull, Greenshank, Whimbrel, European Shag, Long-tailed Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Peregrine Falcon.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Waterford each month: most in May (79), fewest in November (36). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 113 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 113 species

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
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Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Oct

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb

Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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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