Birds to See in Ulster in October
84 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
84 bird species on our list for Ulster are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Jackdaw, Eurasian Wren, European Herring Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Fulmar, Redwing, Canada Goose and Eurasian Tree Sparrow and 2 more.
Residents
(46)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly May–Feb
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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