Birds to See in Suffolk in January
162 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Eurasian Spoonbill and Bohemian Waxwing and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 162 birds in January
162 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.84% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.72% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.13% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusScarceRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 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