Common Birds in Donegal
Our list for Donegal has 112 common birds recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 41 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Donegal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 112, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 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