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
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly May–Jan
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–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