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
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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