Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in December
30 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull.
New in December
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
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