Common Birds in Newry and Mourne
Our list for Newry and Mourne has 54 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 19 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Newry and Mourne than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Northern Ireland.
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Newry and Mourne in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboScarceCommon80–100 cm
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceCommon64–79 cm
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusScarceCommon27–29 cm
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
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