Birds to See in Rutland in December
108 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Mandarin Duck and Eurasian Woodcock.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 108 birds in December
108 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.71% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.46% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.10% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.95% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.80% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.54% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.36% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.22% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% 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