Bird AlbumIreland · Leinster
Kilcoole – marsh and coast
215 species and 55,048 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–November, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Brant GooseBranta bernicla113 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 215 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- East Coast NR4 km154 species
- Kilbogget Park18 km101 species
- Dillon's Park & Sorrento Point19 km127 species
- Dun Laoghaire Harbour – East Pier22 km98 species
- Booterstown Marsh NR25 km109 species
- University College Dublin – Belfield Campus26 km84 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kilcoole – marsh and coast?
March–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kilcoole – marsh and coast?
215 species, from 55,048 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kilcoole – marsh and coast in November?
The most recorded in November: Whooper Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Little Egret and Greylag Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.