Birds to See in Worcestershire in December
105 bird species on our list for Worcestershire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull, Corn Bunting, Red Crossbill and Black Redstart and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Worcestershire’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 105 birds in December
105 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.10% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.61% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.14% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.25% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec · 0.07% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.06% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 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