Birds to See in Kilkenny in October
30 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Rook, Common Starling, Eurasian Wren and Hooded Crow. New this month: European Goldfinch, Coal Tit, Grey Heron and Mistle Thrush and 5 more.
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–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