Birds to See in Renfrewshire in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Renfrewshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 82 birds in January
82 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.07% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.33% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.18% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.00% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.68% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.60% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.58% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.47% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.45% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.42% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.34% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.34% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.34% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.34% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.29% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.24% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan · 0.18% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.18% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.13% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.08% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 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