Birds to See in Kerry in June
92 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Northern Lapwing and Common Kingfisher and 1 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 92 birds in June
92 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.54% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.02% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.71% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.47% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.39% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.27% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.18% in Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.16% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.14% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.11% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.09% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.08% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.06% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.94% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.89% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.83% in Jun
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.68% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.67% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.64% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Jun
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.58% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.57% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.36% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.28% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.15% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.08% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
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