Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in December
148 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Smew and Tundra Swan.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’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 148 birds in December
148 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.32% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.45% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.14% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.60% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.37% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.23% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.22% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% 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