Birds to See in Cardiff in December
89 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for Cardiff are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Pheasant and Greater Scaup and 3 more.
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(55)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Oct–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Passage migrants
(5)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