Birds to See in South Lanarkshire in January
56 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for South Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit and European Robin. New this month: Greylag Goose, Eurasian Jay, Canada Goose and Dipper and 7 more.
Residents
(45)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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