Birds to See in Rutland in January
109 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck and Eurasian Wigeon. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Grey Partridge, Tundra Swan and Little Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 109 birds in January
109 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.90% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.39% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.23% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.28% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.24% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.13% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.03% 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