Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in January
147 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Greenshank, Twite, Yellow-legged Gull and Firecrest and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’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 147 birds in January
147 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.74% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.64% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.23% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 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