Birds to See in Eilean Siar in January
96 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in January23
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(37)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Summer visitors
(32)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
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