Birds to See in Kerry in January
53 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
53 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, European Robin, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow and Jackdaw. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit and Treecreeper and 2 more.
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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