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
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusScarceCommon17–20 cm
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataScarceCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusScarceCommon50–90 cm
CootFulica atraScarceCommon36–42 cm
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusScarceCommon14–16 cm
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceCommon64–79 cm
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaScarceCommon16–17 cm
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
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