Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in January
120 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Woodpigeon. New this month: Rock Pipit, Greater Scaup, Red-throated Loon and Greenshank and 9 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 120 birds in January
120 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.21% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.77% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.61% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.43% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.00% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.86% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.40% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.38% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.32% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.29% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.13% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.08% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.06% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–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