Birds to See in Caerphilly in December
34 bird species on our list for Caerphilly are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Carrion Crow. New this month: Blue Tit, Dunnock, House Sparrow and European Goldfinch and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Caerphilly’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 34 birds in December
34 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 7.85% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 6.92% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 6.54% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 5.61% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.05% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 4.30% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.36% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.99% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Dec
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.62% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–May · 2.43% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 2.43% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.24% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.24% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.06% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 1.87% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.87% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 1.68% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.50% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 1.50% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.50% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.31% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.31% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.93% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.93% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.75% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.75% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.56% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.56% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.56% 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