Birds to See in Tipperary in December
37 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
37 bird species on our list for Tipperary are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Song Thrush, House Sparrow, Dunnock and European Goldfinch and 9 more.
New in December13
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Jan

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Dec

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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





