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
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–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