Birds to See in Munster in December
129 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Robin, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Iceland Gull, Stock Dove, Ruff and Common Merganser and 4 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 129 birds in December
129 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.29% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.85% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.75% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.24% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.11% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.06% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.99% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.87% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.72% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.36% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% 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