Birds to See in Cork in January
120 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Curlew, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Oystercatcher and European Robin. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Razorbill, Sanderling and Yellowhammer and 13 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Cork’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 120 birds in January
120 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.38% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.94% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.79% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.46% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.35% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.12% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.10% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.07% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.96% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.49% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.11% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRare50–71 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.04% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 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