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
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–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