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 · Oct
Share 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
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusScarceCommon11–12 cm
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusScarceCommon13–16 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceCommon55–66 cm
Common GullLarus canusScarceCommon40–46 cm
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceCommon46–51 cm
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceCommon37–41 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusScarceCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisScarceCommon12–14 cm
Mute SwanCygnus olorScarceCommon140–160 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