Birds to See in Estonia in December
60 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, European Herring Gull, Common Merganser and Mallard. New this month: Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Wren, Coot and Little Gull and 2 more.
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(1)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