Uncommon Birds in Antrim
Our list for Antrim has 57 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 9 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Antrim in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
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