Birds to See in Louth in December
73 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Redshank and Rook. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit and Bullfinch and 5 more.
New in December9
Leaving after last month23
Residents
(49)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Dec
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(4)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