Birds to See in Wicklow in January
100 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Rook and Jackdaw. New this month: Dipper, Gadwall, Fulmar and Red Crossbill and 4 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’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 100 birds in January
100 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.49% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.87% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.83% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.75% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.17% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.14% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.12% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan · 0.06% 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