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Wildlife & Plants In the UK

December

Cold December ends the rhyme, with blazing fires and Christmas time...

Wildlife

The winter visitors are now all primarily here.  With insect populations down due to the cold if you have a bird feeder in your garden you will find many birds will visit to feed up over the winter, giving you plenty of photo opportunities, and don't forget some of our birds are very colourful.

What to See	Where to See and comment	What it looks like
Foxes	call out at night with eerie screams and yelps as they start to form pairs.
Bewick Swan	Larger numbers are now flying in and can be seen at the wetland centres
Kingfisher	catch a glimpse as it moves down river to an estuary
Waxwings	Look out for their pink crests as they feed on berries such as yew and holly
Mistle thrush	feeding on the plentiful mistletoe
Robin	Our favourite Christmas Card creature. It's red breast giving us some joy and colour through the winter months.
Tawny Owls	Their classic 'tu-wit-tu-who' call can be heard as they stake out their territory
Goldfinches	Can be seen on the roadside feeding off Teasel Seeds - again a colour winter character.

Plantlife

See Also

For a more in depth look at Wildlife photography in December.

Other species can be found listed in the Wildlife Section or within the topic index under

• Wildlife and Animals

• Nature, Flora and Countryside

• Wildlife & Nature within the reference section