Common Birds in Northern Ireland
Our list for Northern Ireland has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 18 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Northern Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
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