Birds in Donegal
148 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Donegal has 148 bird species recorded regularly there: 47 residents, 45 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 34 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 30,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Donegal in September
98 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Robin
Resident
Jackdaw
Resident
European Herring Gull
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
Pied Wagtail
Resident
Rook
Resident
Eurasian Wren
Resident
Great Cormorant
Resident
Arriving in September: Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Blackcap, Eurasian Siskin, Common Pheasant, Golden Plover, White-tailed Sea-eagle, Red Crossbill and 1 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Donegal each month: most in July (112), fewest in February (62). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 148 birds on the list
Showing 139–148 of 148 species
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Jul
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
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Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Red Grouse
Lagopus scoticaLC
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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