Birds to See in Monmouthshire in December
61 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for Monmouthshire are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Coal Tit, European Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper and Grey Wagtail and 2 more.
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(48)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
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
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(2)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