Birds to See in Kildare in December
51 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
51 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Hooded Crow, Mallard and Rook. New this month: Rock Dove, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove and Sparrowhawk and 4 more.
Residents
(39)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Dec
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)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