Thrushes in Donegal
Our list for Donegal has 5 thrushes recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Donegal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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