Common Birds in Derry
Our list for Derry has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 35 residents, 36 summer visitors, 22 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Derry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
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