Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in December
97 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December4
Residents
(49)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(34)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(3)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