Birds to See in Kerry in April
94 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Common Snipe and 16 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Kerry’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 94 birds in April
94 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.90% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.36% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.34% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.28% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.28% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.15% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.07% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.99% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.95% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.78% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.78% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.66% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.66% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.64% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.60% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.60% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.52% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.43% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.31% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Apr (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