Birds to See in Worcestershire in January
104 bird species on our list for Worcestershire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Golden Plover and Pink-footed Goose.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Worcestershire’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 104 birds in January
104 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.19% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.10% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.32% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.32% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.07% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.05% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 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