Birds to See in West Lothian in December
61 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for West Lothian are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Curlew and Mistle Thrush and 9 more.
New in December13
Residents
(44)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Dec–Jun
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)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