Birds to See in East Dunbartonshire in December
30 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for East Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie, Blackbird and Great Tit. New this month: European Herring Gull, Dunnock, Grey Heron and Eurasian Teal and 7 more.
New in December11
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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