Birds to See in Waterford in December
56 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin and Common Starling. New this month: European Goldfinch, Meadow Pipit, Linnet and Song Thrush and 17 more.
New in December21
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
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