Birds to See in Denmark in January
151 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Grey Plover, Horned Lark, Red-crested Pochard and Mediterranean Gull and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Denmark’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 151 birds in January
151 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.38% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.29% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 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