Birds to See in Denbighshire in December
60 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December16
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Dec–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Dec–Jul
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
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