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
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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