Ireland · Leinster
Tacumshin Lake
258 species and 38,109 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lady's Island Lake5 km182 species
- Wexford Wildfowl Reserve18 km176 species
- Cahore Marsh41 km162 species
All 258 species recorded here
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tacumshin Lake?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tacumshin Lake?
258 species, from 38,109 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tacumshin Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Hen Harrier, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Eurasian Curlew and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.