Birds to See in Derry in December
36 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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Derry’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 36 birds in December
36 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.85% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.74% in Dec
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.63% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.52% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.08% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.64% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.31% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.87% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 1.76% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.76% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.43% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.43% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.32% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.21% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.21% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.21% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.99% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec · 0.88% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.88% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.77% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.77% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.66% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.66% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.66% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% 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