Ireland · Munster
Cape Clear Island
235 species and 15,133 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great TitParus major
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Northern RavenCorvus coraxSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sherkin Island6 km181 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Clear Island?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Clear Island?
235 species, from 15,133 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Clear Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Chiffchaff, Hooded Crow, European Robin, Eurasian Wren and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.