Birds to See in Down in October
80 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
80 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, European Robin, Coal Tit, Great Tit and Rock Dove. New this month: European Shag, Kittiwake, Greylag Goose and Eurasian Skylark and 11 more.
New in October15
Residents
(54)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Dec
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly May–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