Birds to See in Bridgend in December
87 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Magpie and European Robin. New this month: Goldeneye, Pochard, Reed Bunting and Northern Lapwing and 7 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Bridgend’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 87 birds in December
87 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.60% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.87% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.82% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.66% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.61% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.51% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.51% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.45% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.40% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.35% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.19% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.14% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.09% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.94% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.94% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.94% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.83% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.78% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.73% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.73% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.68% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.68% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.62% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.57% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.57% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.57% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.52% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.47% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.47% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.47% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.42% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.42% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.36% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.36% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.36% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.26% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.21% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec · 0.16% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.16% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.16% 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