Uncommon Birds in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 40 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 11 summer visitors, 19 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kerry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 40, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarceUncommon40–51 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cm
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly 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