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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Derry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusScarceCommon30–38 cm
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jul
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