Birds to See in Armagh in December
61 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Blackbird, European Robin and Great Tit. New this month: Common Gull, Eurasian Jay, Greater Scaup and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
New in December4
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
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