Birds to See in Clare in January
108 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Curlew, Hooded Crow and Common Loon. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Sandwich Tern, Linnet and Peregrine Falcon and 9 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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 108 birds in January
108 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.43% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.25% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.13% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.95% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.65% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.55% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.45% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.40% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 1.38% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.05% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.00% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.90% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.88% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.85% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.78% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.70% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.55% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.55% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.43% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.40% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.23% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.23% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.13% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jan · 0.10% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.08% 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