Ireland Ramsar wetland
Lough Barra Bog
82 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
0 species in January.1 species in February.3 species in March.0 species in April.12 species in May.6 species in June.5 species in July.2 species in August.3 species in September.0 species in October.2 species in November.0 species in December.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
82 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 82Speciesrecorded more than once
- 1Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 668Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 120 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 4Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 51Songbirds
- 9Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 82 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Waders4 species
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds4 species
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Ducks & geese6 species
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Songbirds51 species
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great titParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Other birds9 species
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- European SwiftApus apus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/4°143 mm
- Feb7°/4°110 mm
- Mar8°/4°102 mm
- Apr10°/5°77 mm
- May13°/8°97 mm
- Jun15°/10°103 mm
- Jul16°/12°119 mm
- Aug16°/12°127 mm
- Sep15°/10°109 mm
- Oct12°/8°134 mm
- Nov9°/6°143 mm
- Dec8°/4°148 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lough Barra Bog.
Nature reserve in County Donegal, Ireland
Lough Barra Bog is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ireland.
82 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 668 open records.
The most recorded are the Willow Ptarmigan, the Meadow Pipit and the European Robin.
1 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Sleepy Hollowcampsite · 14 km · 1 within 10 km
- Poisoned Glen Houseplace to stay · 9.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Dunlewynearest town · 7.9 km in a straight line
- Donegal Airport (CFN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at CFN airport (Donegal)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmSleepy Hollow
- 3places to stay within 10 kmPoisoned Glen House, Errigal Youth Hostel, Crolly Caravan Park
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lough Barra Bog.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas115 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas13 lakes within 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lough Barra Bog
Ireland
- 39Birdyas Score
- 82Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Gruinart Flats SSSI
United Kingdom · 149 km
- 77Birdyas Score
- 174Species
- 83Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q99544219) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 668 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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