Birds to See in Laois in January
6 bird species on our list for Laois are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Buzzard, Dunnock, Eurasian Wren and Eurasian Woodcock. New this month: Hooded Crow, Buzzard, Dunnock and Common Kingfisher.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
From Laois’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 6 birds in January
6 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 6.52% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 5.80% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 4.35% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.35% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 3.62% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 2.17% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Wren 9–10 cm
- Dunnock 14–15 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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