Birds to See in Longford in December
17 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Longford are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Redwing, Hooded Crow and Rook. New this month: Buzzard, Eurasian Jay, Mallard and Rook and 7 more.
New in December11
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(9)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly May–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Dec
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly May–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Passage migrants
(2)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