Birds to See in Belfast in October
60 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Belfast are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon and Bullfinch.
New in October2
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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