Birds to See in Kerry in May
94 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
94 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Swift, Manx Shearwater, Little Grebe and Spotted Flycatcher and 7 more.
New in May11
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
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
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
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