Rare Birds in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 76 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 7 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cm
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisScarceRare66–84 cm
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusScarceRare43–47 cmRegularly May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesScarceRare40–49 cmRegularly May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 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