Birds to See in Powys in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Powys’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 75 birds in December
75 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.73% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.73% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.24% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.04% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.74% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.55% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.50% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.35% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.35% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.20% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% 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