Birds to See in Renfrewshire in December
66 bird species on our list for Renfrewshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Great Black-backed Gull, Linnet and Stock Dove.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Renfrewshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 66 birds in December
66 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.44% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.74% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.55% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.73% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.59% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.54% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.25% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.11% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.77% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.63% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.63% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.53% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.29% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.29% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.24% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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