Birds to See in Kilkenny in June
47 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Rook, Blackbird, Jackdaw and Hooded Crow. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Barn Owl, Great Cormorant and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 5 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
From Kilkenny’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 47 birds in June
47 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.72% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 5.27% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 5.05% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 4.83% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 4.60% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 4.15% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 4.04% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.48% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.14% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.92% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.92% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.69% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.47% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Jan · 2.36% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.36% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 2.24% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.13% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.02% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.80% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.80% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.57% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.35% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.35% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.12% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 1.12% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.01% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.90% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.90% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.90% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.90% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.90% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.79% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.67% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.67% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.67% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.56% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.56% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.45% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.34% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun · 0.34% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.34% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.34% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · records held back in Jun (protected)
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