Birds to See in Kerry in January
55 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Chaffinch, Eurasian Woodcock and Hooded Crow. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit and Treecreeper and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Kerry’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 55 birds in January
55 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 3.44% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.88% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.46% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.35% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.15% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.04% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.94% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.94% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.94% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.83% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.52% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% 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