Birds to See in Bedfordshire in January
98 bird species on our list for Bedfordshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, European Robin, Blackbird and Carrion Crow. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Common Shelduck, Bohemian Waxwing and Tawny Owl and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Bedfordshire’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 98 birds in January
98 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.65% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.63% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.13% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.98% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.20% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.19% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.18% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan · 0.10% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentRare9–10 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.02% 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