Birds to See in Kildare in October
53 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
53 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon and Hooded Crow. New this month: European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Redwing and Great Cormorant and 12 more.
New in October16
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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