Birds to See in West Yorkshire in January
114 bird species on our list for West Yorkshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Bittern and Green Sandpiper and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From West Yorkshire’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 114 birds in January
114 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.43% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.17% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.99% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.83% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.09% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.07% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan · 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