Birds to See in Longford in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Longford’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 17 birds in December
17 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 4.29% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 4.11% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 3.94% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.76% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.40% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.22% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–May · 3.22% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.22% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly May–Dec · 3.04% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.86% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Dec · 2.68% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.68% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.50% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.97% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.79% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 1.07% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec · 0.89% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Blue Tit 11–12 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–18 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Redwing 20–24 cm
- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Woodpigeon 40–42 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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