Birds to See in Clare in December
97 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Rook, European Robin and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Northern Pintail, Water Rail and Black Redstart.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Clare’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 97 birds in December
97 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.01% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.82% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.79% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.76% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.70% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.35% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 1.29% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.26% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.82% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.75% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.75% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.69% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.66% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.66% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.35% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.31% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec · 0.13% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.13% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.13% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.09% 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