Birds to See in Caerphilly in December
34 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(21)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Dec–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(3)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