Birds to See in Poland in December
149 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard, Magpie and Hooded Crow. New this month: Bar-headed Goose.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Poland’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 149 birds in December
149 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.41% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.32% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.57% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% 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