Birds to See in Wiltshire in December
107 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit and Jackdaw. New this month: Egyptian Goose, Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl and Black Swan and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’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 107 birds in December
107 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.06% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.50% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.72% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.15% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.46% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Dec
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.03% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 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