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
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantCommon110–142 cmRegularly Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantCommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
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