Birds to See in Monaghan in January
12 bird species on our list for Monaghan are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Fieldfare, Coot and Moorhen. New this month: Blackbird, Mute Swan, European Robin and Coot and 8 more.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanFrom Monaghan’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 12 birds in January
12 birds
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan · 4.20% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.52% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan · 2.10% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan · 1.68% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.68% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.68% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Jan · 1.68% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 1.26% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.26% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.26% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Jan–May · 1.26% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 1.26% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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