Birds to See in Kerry in June
90 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
90 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.
Residents
(35)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Summer visitors
(48)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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