Birds to See in East Ayrshire in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From East Ayrshire’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 12 birds in December
12 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.26% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 5.26% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.45% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 4.05% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 4.05% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.05% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.64% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.02% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 2.02% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 1.62% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.21% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.21% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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