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
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–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