Common Birds in Kilkenny
Our list for Kilkenny has 65 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 24 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 4 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kilkenny in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Apr–Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
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