Birds to See in Donegal in January
68 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
68 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Common Gull. New this month: European Goldfinch, Common Raven, Kittiwake and Razorbill and 6 more.
New in January10
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Nov–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