Birds to See in Kent in January
166 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and Magpie. New this month: Pomarine Jaeger, Smew, Rough-legged Hawk and Iceland Gull.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Kent’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 166 birds in January
166 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.86% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.19% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.10% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Jan
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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