Birds to See in Falkirk in December
67 bird species on our list for Falkirk are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Blackbird. New this month: Peregrine Falcon.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Falkirk’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 67 birds in December
67 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.75% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.23% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.04% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.71% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.11% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.65% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.46% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.37% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.08% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorCommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.04% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.99% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.90% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.90% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.85% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.80% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.75% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.61% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.57% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.47% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.42% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.28% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.28% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.28% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.24% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% 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