Birds to See in Limerick in December
45 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 bird species on our list for Limerick are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Jackdaw and Blue Tit. New this month: Redwing, Kestrel, Song Thrush and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 6 more.
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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