Birds to See in Waterford in January
49 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
49 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Rook and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Mallard, Redwing, Red Knot and Ringed Plover and 4 more.
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Jan–Mar
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