Birds in Kerry

140 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Kerry has 140 bird species recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 48 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 35 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 67,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Kerry in September

105 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 105 birds in September

Arriving in September: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Eurasian Wigeon, Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Golden Plover, Mistle Thrush, Red-throated Loon and 6 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Kerry each month: most in September (105), fewest in January (53). Choose a month to see its birds.

105
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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)43 families

All 140 birds on the list

Showing 116–138 of 140 species

Hen Harrier

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinusLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Apr–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Coot

Coot

Fulica atraLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Sep–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gadwall

Gadwall

Mareca streperaLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaeaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna griseaNT

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jul–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Water Rail

Water Rail

Rallus aquaticusLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Aug–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-tailed Sea-eagle

White-tailed Sea-eagle

Haliaeetus albicillaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Arctic Jaeger

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jul–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferrugineaNT

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ruff

Ruff

Calidris pugnaxLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Sep–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grasshopper Warbler

Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naeviaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Merlin

Merlin

Falco columbariusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eider

Eider

Somateria mollissimaNT

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Ardenna gravisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Skua

Great Skua

Stercorarius skuaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jul–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Tern

Little Tern

Sternula albifronsLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Curruca communisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose

Anser anserLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Reed-warbler

Common Reed-warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabiniLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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