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
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 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