Birds to See in Latvia in December
77 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
77 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Magpie and Common Raven.
New in December
No new arrivals this month.
Leaving after last month25
- Woodpigeon
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Northern Lapwing
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Reed Bunting
- Mistle Thrush
- Meadow Pipit
- Dunlin
- Barnacle Goose
- Greylag Goose
- Common Snipe
- Tundra Swan
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Hen Harrier
- Golden Plover
- Arctic Loon
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Pochard
- Northern Pintail
- Sanderling
- Brent Goose
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Razorbill
- Canada Goose
- Twite
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(12)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(3)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