Uncommon Birds in Derry
Our list for Derry has 24 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor, 7 passage migrants and 9 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 24, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sedge Warbler 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Whitethroat 13–15 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
- Dipper 17–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Redwing 20–24 cm
- Fieldfare 22–27 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Stock Dove 32–34 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Razorbill 38–43 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Great Skua 50–58 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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