Birds to See in Blaenau Gwent in December

38 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

38 bird species on our list for Blaenau Gwent are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird, European Herring Gull and House Sparrow. New this month: Reed Bunting and Eurasian Teal.

New in December2

Leaving after last month7

Residents

(31)Recorded all year

European Robin

Erithacus rubeculaLC

Common

Recorded all year

Jackdaw

Coloeus monedulaLC

Common

Recorded all year

Blackbird

Turdus merulaLC

Common

Recorded all year

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatusLC

Common

Recorded all year

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

Common

Recorded all year

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelisLC

Common

Recorded all year

Magpie

Pica picaLC

Common

Recorded all year

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchosLC

Common

Recorded all year

Dunnock

Prunella modularisLC

Common

Recorded all year

Coot

Fulica atraLC

Common

Recorded all year

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebsLC

Common

Recorded all year

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligulaLC

Common

Recorded all year

Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleusLC

Common

Recorded all year

Carrion Crow

Corvus coroneLC

Common

Recorded all year

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgarisLC

Common

Recorded all year

Moorhen

Gallinula chloropusLC

Common

Recorded all year

Mute Swan

Cygnus olorLC

Common

Recorded all year

Canada Goose

Branta canadensisLC

Common

Recorded all year

Great Tit

Parus majorLC

Common

Recorded all year

Woodpigeon

Columba palumbusLC

Common

Recorded all year

Coal Tit

Periparus aterLC

Common

Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytesLC

Common

Recorded all year

Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC

Common

Regularly Oct–Aug

Grey Heron

Ardea cinereaLC

Common

Regularly May–Jan

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC

Common

Regularly Oct–Dec

Greenfinch

Chloris chlorisLC

Common

Regularly Nov–Sep

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscusLC

Common

Regularly Nov–Sep

Common Raven

Corvus coraxLC

Common

Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail

Motacilla albaLC

Common

Regularly Oct–Jul

Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclusLC

Common

Regularly Dec–Jul

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelosLC

Common

Regularly Nov–Jul

Summer visitors

(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter

Red Kite

Milvus milvusLC

Common

Regularly Nov–Aug

Winter visitors

(5)Present outside the breeding season

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelopeLC

Common

Regularly Sep–Mar

Common Merganser

Mergus merganserLC

Common

Regularly Oct–Apr

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carboLC

Common

Regularly Aug–Apr

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaoctoLC

Common

Regularly Aug–Jun

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatusLC

Common

Regularly Sep–Jun

Passage migrants

(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration

Eurasian Teal

Anas creccaLC

Common

Regularly Dec–Jan

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

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