Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in January
53 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Common Gull and Common Merganser. New this month: Great Tit, Eurasian Wren, Buzzard and Moorhen and 19 more.
On the move in January
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At their peak
From North Lanarkshire’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 53 birds in January
53 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 4.54% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 4.10% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 4.10% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 3.72% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 3.20% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.20% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.98% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.16% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.94% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.71% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.71% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.64% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.56% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 1.56% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.41% in Jan
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.34% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.27% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.27% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.19% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.04% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.89% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.82% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.74% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.67% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan · 0.67% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.60% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.52% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.52% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.52% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.45% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.37% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.37% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan · 0.30% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.22% 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