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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belfast in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
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