Birds to See in Estonia in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Estonia’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 60 birds in December
60 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in Dec
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 4.75% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.47% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.70% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.21% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.12% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.92% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.87% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.82% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.73% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.39% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% 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