Uncommon Birds in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 72 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 11 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 16 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all 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