Birds to See in Cumbria in December
121 bird species on our list for Cumbria are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Mandarin Duck, Bar-headed Goose and Hooded Crow.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Cumbria’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 121 birds in December
121 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.58% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.49% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.31% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.88% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.84% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.10% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.03% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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