Birds to See in Wicklow in December
95 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Rook and Magpie. New this month: Blackcap and Yellowhammer.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Wicklow’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 95 birds in December
95 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.66% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.79% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.17% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.10% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.07% 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