Birds to See in Wexford in January
122 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Rook, European Herring Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Tundra Swan, Black Guillemot, Yellowhammer and Black Redstart and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Common GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Brent GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Golden PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Barnacle GooseBusiest month of the year · Jul
From Wexford’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 122 birds in January
122 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan- Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan- Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.39% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.35% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.31% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan- Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.12% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.82% in Jan- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.79% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.63% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.59% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.44% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.14% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.05% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% 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