Birds to See in Louth in January
84 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Curlew and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff and Red-throated Loon and 12 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Louth’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 84 birds in January
84 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.40% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.06% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.89% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.65% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.48% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.42% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.35% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.35% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.25% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.98% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.94% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.78% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.74% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.71% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.71% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.57% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.54% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.37% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.37% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.37% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.30% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.27% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.20% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.10% 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