Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in January
93 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Chaffinch. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Skylark and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 93 birds in January
93 birds
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.46% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.16% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.87% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.56% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.25% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.19% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.19% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.16% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan · 0.16% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% 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