Birds to See in Kilkenny in January
19 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
19 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Rook, Blackbird, Hooded Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Song Thrush and Mallard and 6 more.
New in January10
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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