Birds to See in Newry and Mourne in January
13 bird species on our list for Newry and Mourne are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Common Starling. New this month: Magpie, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow and Woodpigeon and 9 more.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Newry and Mourne than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Northern Ireland.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanFrom Newry and Mourne’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 13 birds in January
13 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 5.53% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 4.74% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 4.35% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.95% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 3.56% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 3.16% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.77% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.77% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan · 2.37% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 2.37% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Jan · 2.37% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 1.58% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.58% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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