Birds to See in Wexford in December
117 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Rook, European Herring Gull and Redshank. New this month: Kittiwake, Red-billed Chough, Horned Grebe and Purple Sandpiper and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Wexford’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 117 birds in December
117 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.61% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.52% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.26% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.08% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.77% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.72% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.68% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.63% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.49% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.44% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.44% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.35% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.19% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.09% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.09% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Dec
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