Birds to See in Denbighshire in December
60 bird species on our list for Denbighshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon and European Robin. New this month: Linnet, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Little Egret and 12 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Denbighshire’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 60 birds in December
60 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.79% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.72% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.55% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.30% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.30% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.17% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 1.17% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.04% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.04% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.04% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.91% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.91% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.91% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.91% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.91% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.78% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec · 0.78% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.78% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.65% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.65% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.65% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.65% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.65% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.65% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.65% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.65% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec · 0.52% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.52% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.52% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.39% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% 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