Birds to See in Dundee in December
50 bird species on our list for Dundee are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Woodpigeon. New this month: Curlew, Yellowhammer, Common Merganser and Eurasian Siskin and 6 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Dundee’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 50 birds in December
50 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.21% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.59% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.38% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.28% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.28% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.76% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.59% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.55% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.35% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.24% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.14% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.04% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.04% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.93% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.93% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec · 0.83% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.83% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.83% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.62% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.52% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.52% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.41% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.41% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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