Birds to See in Westmeath in January
30 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan and Chaffinch. New this month: Buzzard, Pied Wagtail, Fieldfare and Song Thrush and 6 more.
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
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