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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Antrim in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceUncommon39–56 cm
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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