Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in January
112 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Common Gull, European Robin and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sanderling and Peregrine Falcon and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Argyll and Bute’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 112 birds in January
112 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.58% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.51% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.42% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.42% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.35% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.90% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.41% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.25% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.18% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan · 0.11% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.07% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 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