Birds to See in Antrim in December
107 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Jackdaw and Common Starling. New this month: Fulmar, Red Knot, Bonaparte's Gull and Black-tailed Godwit and 5 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 107 birds in December
107 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.13% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.07% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.89% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.79% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.68% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.66% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.53% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.50% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.48% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.47% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.45% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.45% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.39% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.08% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.06% 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