Birds to See in Dublin in January
119 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Magpie and European Robin. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Brambling, Greylag Goose and Short-eared Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Dublin’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 119 birds in January
119 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.40% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.07% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.09% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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