Birds to See in Newry and Mourne in October
11 bird species on our list for Newry and Mourne are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Jackdaw and European Robin. New this month: Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook and Hooded Crow and 7 more.
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctFrom Newry and Mourne’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 11 birds in October
11 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 6.00% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 5.00% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 5.00% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 5.00% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 4.00% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 4.00% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 4.00% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 3.00% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.00% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct · 3.00% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.00% in Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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

