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
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–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