Birds to See in Netherlands in January
192 bird species on our list for Netherlands are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Black Guillemot, Ross's Goose, Iceland Gull and Monk Parakeet and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Netherlands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 192 birds in January
192 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.30% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.23% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.75% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.42% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.38% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentRare120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% 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