Birds to See in Swansea in December
86 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
86 bird species on our list for Swansea are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Tufted Duck and Merlin and 9 more.
Residents
(47)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Nov–Dec
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Sep–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Dec
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
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