Birds to See in West Midlands in January
91 bird species on our list for West Midlands are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, European Robin, Blue Tit and Blackbird. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Brambling, Yellowhammer and Common Shelduck and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From West Midlands’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 91 birds in January
91 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.74% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.85% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.60% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.05% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.75% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.08% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.06% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.05% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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