Common Birds in Belfast
Our list for Belfast has 83 common birds recorded regularly there: 43 residents, 24 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belfast in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
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