Birds to See in Kilkenny in June
45 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 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, Great Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Eurasian Jay and 4 more.
New in June8
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(18)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly May–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Oct
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