Uncommon Birds in Ulster
Our list for Ulster has 43 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 6 summer visitors, 19 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ulster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceUncommon45–47 cm
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceUncommon14–16 cm
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaScarceUncommon16–17 cm
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–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