Birds to See in Kerry in September
105 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Pied Wagtail, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow and Rook. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Eurasian Wigeon and Brent Goose and 10 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 105 birds in September
105 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.48% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.19% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.55% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.50% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.39% in Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.36% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.34% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.18% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.17% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.93% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.92% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.85% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.78% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.75% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.63% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.56% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.56% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.46% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
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