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
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaScarceUncommon58–77 cm
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceUncommon18–20 cm
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceUncommon58–70 cm
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