Birds to See in Flintshire in December
80 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
80 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Red Crossbill, Twite, Tawny Owl and Green Sandpiper and 1 more.
Residents
(53)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly May–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Jan
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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