Birds to See in Finland in December
100 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Leaving after last month26
- Barnacle Goose
- Meadow Pipit
- Reed Bunting
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Hen Harrier
- Common Snipe
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Northern Shoveler
- Little Gull
- Eider
- Northern Pintail
- Mistle Thrush
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Water Rail
- Red-necked Grebe
- Grey Plover
- Pink-footed Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Brent Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Rock Pipit
- Black Redstart
- Hoopoe
- Kittiwake
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(32)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Jul–May
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
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