Birds in Armagh
97 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Armagh has 97 bird species recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 16 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 13,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Armagh in September
47 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Woodpigeon
Resident

Mute Swan
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

European Robin
Resident

Mallard
Resident

Common Starling
Resident

Magpie
Resident
Arriving in September: Song Thrush, Rock Dove, Linnet.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Armagh each month: most in July (72), fewest in October (14). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 97 birds on the list
Showing 47–69 of 97 species

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
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Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May

Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Feb

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
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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