Common Birds in Antrim
Our list for Antrim has 105 common birds recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 26 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Antrim in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 105, most common first
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 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