Birds to See in Westmeath in December
28 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
28 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Common Starling and Magpie. New this month: Hooded Crow, Eurasian Wren, Dunnock and House Sparrow and 7 more.
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly May–Dec
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
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