Birds to See in Kerry in August
99 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Rook, Hooded Crow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Great Crested Grebe, Red Knot and Little Grebe and 2 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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 99 birds in August
99 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.50% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.16% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.68% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.53% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.50% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.46% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.40% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.20% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.15% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.12% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.07% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.03% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.93% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.63% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.60% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.48% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.42% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.41% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.38% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.38% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.37% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
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