Birds to See in Moray in January
102 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Great Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon and Eurasian Wigeon. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Fulmar, Kittiwake and Common Loon and 5 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Moray’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 102 birds in January
102 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.18% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.96% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.86% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.39% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.27% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.21% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.17% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.97% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Jan
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.10% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% 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