Birds to See in Armagh in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Armagh’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 61 birds in December
61 birds
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 3.06% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.83% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.75% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.60% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.30% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 2.07% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.99% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.84% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.84% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.76% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.76% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.76% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.61% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.61% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.61% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.45% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.38% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.38% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.38% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.38% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.30% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.30% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.22% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.22% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.15% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.15% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.15% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.07% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.07% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.07% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.07% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.84% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.77% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.77% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.77% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.77% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.69% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.61% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.54% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec · 0.54% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.54% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.46% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.46% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.38% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.38% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% 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