Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Neath Port Talbot’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 49 birds in December
49 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 3.47% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 2.85% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.75% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.65% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.65% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.55% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 2.55% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.34% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.34% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.24% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.04% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.83% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.83% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.83% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.63% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.53% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.53% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.43% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.43% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.43% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.33% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.33% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.22% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.22% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.02% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.92% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.92% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.82% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.82% in Dec
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.71% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.71% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.61% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.61% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.61% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.61% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.31% 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