Birds to See in Carlow in December
30 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Carlow are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Chaffinch and Common Starling. New this month: Woodpigeon, Rook, Blackbird and Jackdaw and 26 more.
New in December30
- Woodpigeon
- Rook
- Blackbird
- Jackdaw
- Buzzard
- Hooded Crow
- European Robin
- Blue Tit
- Eurasian Wren
- Magpie
- Redwing
- Chaffinch
- Pied Wagtail
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Raven
- Dunnock
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Mistle Thrush
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Common Starling
- Greenfinch
- European Goldfinch
- Meadow Pipit
- Yellowhammer
- Fieldfare
- Linnet
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Eurasian Skylark
- Northern Lapwing
- Reed Bunting
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(3)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