Birds to See in Finland in January
92 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Water Rail and Glaucous Gull.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Finland’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 92 birds in January
92 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 8.23% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 7.25% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.49% in Jan
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.50% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.90% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.42% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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