Birds to See in Eilean Siar in December
76 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Hooded Crow, Common Starling and Mallard. New this month: Common Scoter and Glaucous Gull.
New in December2
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(25)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
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