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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kilkenny in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly May–Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisScarceCommon15–16 cm
CurlewNumenius arquataScarceCommon50–60 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–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