Birds to See in Kerry in October
103 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Loon, Barn Owl, Tufted Duck and Whooper Swan and 5 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 103 birds in October
103 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.22% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.83% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.83% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.45% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.28% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.21% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.19% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.15% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.03% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.00% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.94% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.86% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.72% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.66% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.58% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.51% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.33% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in 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