Birds to See in Angus in December
74 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull and European Robin. New this month: Coot and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Angus’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 74 birds in December
74 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.66% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.73% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.52% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.52% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.52% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.42% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.42% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% 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