Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in December
110 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
110 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Common Gull, Mallard, Great Black-backed Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Fulmar, Barn Owl, Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull.
Residents
(68)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Nov–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