Birds to See in Donegal in October
68 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
68 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, European Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Fulmar, Redwing, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Lesser Whitethroat.
New in October4
Leaving after last month34
- Barn Swallow
- Common Loon
- Song Thrush
- Eurasian Teal
- Little Egret
- Linnet
- Tufted Duck
- Sandwich Tern
- Black Guillemot
- Razorbill
- House Martin
- Little Grebe
- Manx Shearwater
- Great Crested Grebe
- Greylag Goose
- Red-throated Loon
- Greenshank
- Great Skua
- Bullfinch
- Common Redpoll
- Common Pheasant
- Reed Bunting
- Coot
- Chiffchaff
- Pochard
- Long-tailed Tit
- Arctic Jaeger
- Greenfinch
- Red Knot
- Golden Plover
- Treecreeper
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Red Crossbill
- Eurasian Jay
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(22)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every 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