Common Birds in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 34 residents, 37 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kerry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
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