Common Birds in Fermanagh
Our list for Fermanagh has 73 common birds recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 8 summer visitors, 11 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
All 73, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisScarceCommon12–14 cm
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeScarceCommon42–51 cm
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceCommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaScarceCommon12–13 cm
Common SwiftApus apusScarceCommon16–17 cm
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceCommon15–17 cm
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
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