Common Birds in Ulster
Our list for Ulster has 111 common birds recorded regularly there: 46 residents, 38 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ulster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jul–May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 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