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
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceUncommon46–56 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cm
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–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