Birds to See in Meath in December
25 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
25 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Robin, Common Scoter, European Herring Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Common Scoter, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Redshank and 10 more.
New in December14
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(5)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