Birds to See in Cornwall in January
160 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird and Woodpigeon. New this month: Pink-footed Goose, Glaucous Gull, Western Marsh-harrier and Lapland Longspur and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Cornwall’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 160 birds in January
160 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.68% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.96% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.62% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.61% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.50% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.06% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.03% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 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