Birds to See in Laois in December
9 bird species on our list for Laois are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Red Crossbill, European Robin, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Wren and Blackbird. New this month: Red Crossbill and Whooper Swan.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Laois’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 9 birds in December
9 birds
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 9.30% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 8.14% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 8.14% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 6.98% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.81% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 5.81% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.81% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 4.65% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.49% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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