Birds to See in Sligo in December
76 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Brent Goose. New this month: European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Wren and 55 more.
New in December59
- European Herring Gull
- Blackbird
- Hooded Crow
- Eurasian Wren
- Pied Wagtail
- Rook
- Curlew
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Jackdaw
- Black-headed Gull
- Redshank
- Common Gull
- Woodpigeon
- European Shag
- Grey Heron
- Common Starling
- Chaffinch
- Song Thrush
- Meadow Pipit
- Northern Gannet
- Mute Swan
- Rock Pipit
- Blue Tit
- Greenshank
- Stonechat
- House Sparrow
- Dunnock
- European Goldfinch
- Tufted Duck
- Goldcrest
- Ringed Plover
- Mistle Thrush
- Whooper Swan
- Common Raven
- Fieldfare
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Kittiwake
- Coal Tit
- Sanderling
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Great Crested Grebe
- Redwing
- Buzzard
- Common Shelduck
- Eider
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Long-tailed Tit
- Dunlin
- Northern Shoveler
- Greylag Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Bullfinch
- Goldeneye
- Grey Wagtail
- Razorbill
- Long-tailed Duck
- Treecreeper
- Purple Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Dec–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Dec
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Dec
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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