Uncommon Birds in Northern Ireland
Our list for Northern Ireland has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 12 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Northern Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Mar
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
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