Birds to See in Powys in December
75 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
75 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and Red Kite. New this month: Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Stock Dove and European Green Woodpecker and 5 more.
Residents
(52)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
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