Birds to See in Mayo in January
90 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Jackdaw, European Herring Gull and Curlew. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, European Shag, Common Shelduck and Horned Grebe and 9 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 90 birds in January
90 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.18% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.89% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.75% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.73% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.44% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.30% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.25% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.93% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.93% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.82% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.80% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.77% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.74% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.58% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.43% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.19% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.19% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.19% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.13% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.13% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% 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