Thrushes in Belfast
Our list for Belfast has 5 thrushes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 2 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 5, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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