Birds to See in Offaly in January
56 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Offaly are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Blackbird, Chaffinch, European Robin and Buzzard. New this month: Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk and Rock Dove.
New in January3
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
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