Birds to See in Faroe Islands in January
43 bird species on our list for Faroe Islands are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Eider and Rock Dove. New this month: Redshank and Fieldfare.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
Leaving soon
From Faroe Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 43 birds in January
43 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.91% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.39% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.87% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 5.39% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.31% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 5.27% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 4.83% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.75% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.38% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.34% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.25% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.78% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.69% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.65% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.39% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.35% 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