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
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cm
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May
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





