Birds to See in Denmark in December
150 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Taiga Bean Goose, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit and Egyptian Goose and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’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 150 birds in December
150 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.56% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.28% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.27% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.39% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Dec
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% 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