Birds to See in Sligo in January
59 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
59 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, European Herring Gull, Mallard and Blackbird. New this month: Great Tit, Little Grebe, Reed Bunting and Moorhen and 5 more.
New in January9
Leaving after last month26
- Brent Goose
- Common Loon
- European Shag
- Northern Gannet
- Barnacle Goose
- Rock Pipit
- Stonechat
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Ringed Plover
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red-throated Loon
- Kittiwake
- Sanderling
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black Guillemot
- Common Scoter
- Common Shelduck
- Eider
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Greylag Goose
- Golden Plover
- Cackling Goose
- Razorbill
- Long-tailed Duck
- Treecreeper
- Purple Sandpiper
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Dec–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jan
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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