Birds to See in Kildare in January
37 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
37 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Moorhen, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Skylark, Northern Lapwing and Stock Dove.
New in January4
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jan
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
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