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
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 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