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
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–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