Birds to See in Mayo in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 85 birds in December
85 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.06% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.89% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.85% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.77% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.51% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.47% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.30% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.18% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.13% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.13% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.97% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.92% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.76% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.76% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.67% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.67% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.55% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.55% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.42% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.38% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.34% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.29% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.21% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.21% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.13% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
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