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
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–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