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Learn the wildlife of Killarney National Park

Ireland

922 species have research-grade observations inside Killarney National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Rook Corvus frugilegus118
  2. European Robin Erithacus rubecula104
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos81
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba60
  5. Mute Swan Cygnus olor53
  6. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix52
  7. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea51
  8. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs36
  9. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos27
  10. Rock Pigeon Columba livia22

Plants

  1. European holly Ilex aquifolium102
  2. European beech Fagus sylvatica91
  3. Common heather Calluna vulgaris80
  4. Deer fern Struthiopteris spicant79
  5. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea78
  6. Pontic Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum75
  7. Hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium71
  8. Common bracken Pteridium aquilinum69
  9. Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense58
  10. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum56

Mammals

  1. Sika Deer Cervus nippon212
  2. Red Deer Cervus elaphus98
  3. Domestic Goat Capra hircus8
  4. Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus6
  5. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus4
  6. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2

Insects

  1. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia53
  2. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io31
  3. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria23
  4. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum23
  5. Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes19
  6. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta18
  7. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax14
  8. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae13
  9. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum13
  10. Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans12

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus10
  2. Alder Leaf Gall Mite Eriophyes laevis5
  3. Long-bodied Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides4
  4. Common sheetweb spider Linyphia triangularis4
  5. Alder vein angle gall Eriophyes inangulis4
  6. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis3
  7. Fork-palped Harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus3
  8. Raft Spider Dolomedes fimbriatus3
  9. European cave spider Meta menardi3
  10. Alder erineum mite Acalitus brevitarsus3

Mollusks

  1. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis5
  2. Black Slug Arion ater5
  3. Kerry Slug Geomalacus maculosus4
  4. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum4
  5. Leopard Slug Limax maximus3
  6. Strawberry Snail Trochulus striolatus3

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.