Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in January
119 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Northern Gannet, Greenshank, Grey Wagtail and Purple Sandpiper and 16 more.
On the move in January
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At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 119 birds in January
119 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.49% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.10% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.05% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.64% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.34% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.30% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.22% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.20% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.17% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.15% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.12% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% 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