Birds to See in Shropshire in January
103 bird species on our list for Shropshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Blackcap, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Little Owl and Merlin and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Shropshire’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 103 birds in January
103 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.98% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.50% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.40% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.33% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.18% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.04% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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