Birds to See in Antrim in January
90 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Greylag Goose, Pied Wagtail and Common Starling. New this month: Hen Harrier, Eurasian Jay and Glaucous Gull.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 90 birds in January
90 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.99% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.84% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.80% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.57% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.57% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.48% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.32% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% 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