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
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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