Birds to See in East Ayrshire in December
12 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
12 bird species on our list for East Ayrshire are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Chaffinch and Eurasian Nuthatch. New this month: Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch and Eurasian Siskin and 1 more.
New in December5
Leaving after last month10
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
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