Birds to See in Berkshire in January
99 bird species on our list for Berkshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, European Robin, Red Kite and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Woodcock, Corn Bunting, Firecrest and Northern Pintail and 4 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Berkshire’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 99 birds in January
99 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.01% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.11% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.77% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorRare26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 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