Birds to See in East Ayrshire in January
43 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for East Ayrshire are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Mallard, Mute Swan, Buzzard and European Herring Gull. New this month: Rook, European Robin, Meadow Pipit and Mute Swan and 30 more.
New in January34
- Rook
- European Robin
- Meadow Pipit
- Mute Swan
- House Sparrow
- Blue Tit
- Blackbird
- Great Tit
- Woodpigeon
- Coot
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Common Raven
- Goldeneye
- Tufted Duck
- Canada Goose
- Eurasian Teal
- Magpie
- Kestrel
- Pied Wagtail
- Dunnock
- Moorhen
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- Treecreeper
- Rock Dove
- Black-headed Gull
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Grey Heron
- Greylag Goose
- Northern Lapwing
- Whooper Swan
- Common Merganser
- Eurasian Jay
- Mistle Thrush
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(18)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jan–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Summer visitors
(19)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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