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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
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