Birds to See in Anglesey in December
111 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Common Starling and Magpie. New this month: Chiffchaff, Hooded Crow, Treecreeper and Sanderling and 2 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 111 birds in December
111 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.99% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.94% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.41% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.26% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.14% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.88% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.88% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.56% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.45% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.28% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.23% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.20% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.10% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.08% 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