Birds to See in Connaught in January
130 bird species on our list for Connaught are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Curlew. New this month: Little Gull, Glaucous Gull, Yellowhammer and Velvet Scoter and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Connaught’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 130 birds in January
130 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.02% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.20% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.09% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.05% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.88% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.21% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.11% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaScarceUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.07% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% 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