Common Birds in Kildare
Our list for Kildare has 80 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 19 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kildare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 80, most common first
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly May–Dec
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
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