Birds to See in Angus in January
92 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull and Common Gull. New this month: Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Kittiwake and Fieldfare and 18 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Angus’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 92 birds in January
92 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.63% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.09% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.91% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.77% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.73% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.73% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.68% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.64% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.64% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.64% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.64% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.64% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.59% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.45% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.36% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.32% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.27% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.23% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% 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