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-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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