Birds to See in Shropshire in December
99 bird species on our list for Shropshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Curlew.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Shropshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 99 birds in December
99 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.87% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.32% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.82% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.65% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.42% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.31% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.05% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Dec
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 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