Birds to See in Sweden in January
154 bird species on our list for Sweden are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Blackbird and Magpie. New this month: Merlin, Eurasian Bittern, Black-tailed Godwit and Boreal Owl and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Sweden’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 154 birds in January
154 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.86% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.65% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusResidentRare60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% 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