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
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Feb
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