Birds to See in Antrim in October
114 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Rook, Jackdaw and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Long-tailed Tit and Purple Sandpiper and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 114 birds in October
114 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.62% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.13% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.95% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.95% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.89% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.86% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.83% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.76% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.47% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.45% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.44% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.44% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.42% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.28% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in 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