Birds to See in Renfrewshire in January
82 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 bird species on our list for Renfrewshire are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Common Snipe and Eider and 14 more.
Residents
(54)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Jan
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–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