Birds to See in Mayo in December
85 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
85 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Jackdaw, Curlew and Blackbird. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Pheasant, Gadwall and Grey Plover.
Residents
(53)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(23)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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