Birds to See in Derry in December
35 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
35 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Blackbird, European Shag, Sanderling and Coot.
New in December4
Leaving after last month27
- Coal Tit
- Common Gull
- Mistle Thrush
- Eurasian Skylark
- Linnet
- Grey Heron
- Dunnock
- Purple Sandpiper
- Northern Lapwing
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Golden Plover
- Little Egret
- Mute Swan
- Red-throated Loon
- Dunlin
- Reed Bunting
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Twite
- Common Loon
- Brent Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Goldeneye
- Peregrine Falcon
- Sparrowhawk
- Common Snipe
- Redwing
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Passage migrants
(3)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