Common Birds in Down
Our list for Down has 76 common birds recorded regularly there: 48 residents, 17 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Down in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
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