Birds to See in Eilean Siar in January
96 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Common Starling, Great Black-backed Gull and Common Gull. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Iceland Gull, Black Guillemot and Kittiwake and 19 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Eilean Siar’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 96 birds in January
96 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.24% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.54% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.49% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.49% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.39% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.34% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.29% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.19% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.19% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.04% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.94% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.94% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.90% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.90% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.85% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.85% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.85% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.75% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.55% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.55% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.50% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentUncommonRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.45% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.40% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.35% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.35% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.30% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.25% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Jan
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.20% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.15% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.15% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% 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