Birds to See in Lancashire in January
139 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Greenshank, Cattle Egret, Red Crossbill and Black Redstart and 5 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Lancashire’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 139 birds in January
139 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.35% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.20% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.89% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.60% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.13% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentRare65–80 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 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