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Sandymount Strand & Merrion Gates
133 species and 12,690 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 75 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Red KnotCalidris canutus
White WagtailMotacilla alba45 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 133 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Booterstown Marsh NR1 km109 species
- University College Dublin – Belfield Campus2 km84 species
- St. Stephen's Green5 km73 species
- Tolka Estuary5 km112 species
- Dun Laoghaire Harbour – East Pier5 km98 species
- North Bull Island NR7 km156 species
All 133 species recorded here
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sandymount Strand & Merrion Gates?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 75 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sandymount Strand & Merrion Gates?
133 species, from 12,690 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sandymount Strand & Merrion Gates in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Brant Goose and European Herring Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.