Birds to See in Kerry in July
99 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail and Rook. New this month: Greenshank, Sanderling, Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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.
Other months
All 99 birds in July
99 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.86% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.02% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.32% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.94% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.56% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.45% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.38% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.30% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.14% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.08% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.01% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.92% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.87% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.77% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.72% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.61% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.58% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.51% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.36% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.17% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
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