Birds to See in Belgium in January
177 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Woodlark, Razorbill and Little Gull and 8 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Belgium’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 177 birds in January
177 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.21% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.72% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.67% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in 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