Birds to See in Kilkenny in August
49 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
49 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Rook, European Robin, Barn Swallow and Jackdaw. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Mistle Thrush, Willow Warbler and Common Raven and 9 more.
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)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