Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in December
49 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
49 bird species on our list for Neath Port Talbot are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Tufted Duck, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Coot. New this month: Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Goldcrest and Tufted Duck and 17 more.
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly May–Dec
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–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