Birds to See in Torfaen in December
30 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: House Sparrow, Common Starling, European Goldfinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker and 5 more.
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
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