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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Donegal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 112, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
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
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 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