Birds to See in Kilkenny in May
38 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Jackdaw and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Dunnock and Coal Tit and 12 more.
New in May16
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(12)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly May–Jun
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)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