Common Birds in Monaghan
Our list for Monaghan has 64 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 14 passage migrants and 23 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
All 64, most common first
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisScarceCommon15–16 cm
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–May
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusScarceCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaScarceCommon46–56 cm
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly May
Common RavenCorvus coraxScarceCommon58–69 cm
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Jan–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaScarceCommon12–14 cm
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusScarceCommon28–38 cm
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaScarceCommon13–15 cmRegularly May
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