Birds to See in Finland in December
100 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Greylag Goose, Dunnock, Stock Dove and Rook and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Finland’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 100 birds in December
100 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 7.92% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 7.16% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.15% in Dec
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.14% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.90% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.01% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.18% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% 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