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
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
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