Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in December
97 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Robin and Great Cormorant. New this month: Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Stock Dove and Marsh Tit.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Black-headed GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Crested GrebeBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
Common ScoterBusiest month of the year · Jul–Mar
Red-throated LoonBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Nov–Feb
Common LoonBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
From Pembrokeshire’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 97 birds in December
97 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Dec- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Dec- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.95% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec- Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.92% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec- Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.82% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.76% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.34% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.30% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.27% in Dec- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.27% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.14% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec- Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.98% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.94% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.81% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.75% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.49% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.49% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.39% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.36% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.33% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.33% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.26% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.23% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.23% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.20% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% 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