Birds to See in Sweden in December
149 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
149 bird species on our list for Sweden are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie and Hooded Crow. New this month: Glaucous Gull and Black-necked Grebe.
New in December2
Leaving after last month27
- Eurasian Skylark
- Northern Lapwing
- Song Thrush
- Chiffchaff
- Greenshank
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Linnet
- Brent Goose
- Spotted Redshank
- Merlin
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Red Knot
- Avocet
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Arctic Jaeger
- Boreal Owl
- King Eider
- Common Loon
- Red-breasted Goose
- Grey Phalarope
- Fulmar
- Corn Bunting
- Great Skua
- Atlantic Puffin
- Hoopoe
- Sooty Shearwater
- Pomarine Jaeger
Residents
(80)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(21)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Winter visitors
(45)Present outside the breeding season
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
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