Birds to See in East Ayrshire in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From East Ayrshire’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 43 birds in January
43 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 5.05% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 4.64% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.41% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 3.27% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 3.00% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.00% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 2.73% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.73% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.59% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 2.32% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.32% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.32% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 2.32% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.05% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 2.05% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan · 2.05% in Jan
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.91% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 1.77% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 1.77% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.77% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.64% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–May · 1.64% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–May · 1.64% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan · 1.50% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.36% in Jan
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.36% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.23% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan–May · 1.23% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.23% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.09% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 1.09% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.09% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.95% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.95% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.95% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.82% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.68% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.68% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.55% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.55% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.41% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.41% 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