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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Down in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
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