Uncommon Birds in Down
Our list for Down has 55 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 23 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
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 55, most common first
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusScarceUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–May
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