Birds to See in Anglesey in January
116 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Fulmar, Kittiwake, Eider and Mediterranean Gull and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Anglesey’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 116 birds in January
116 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.17% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.11% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.90% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.28% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.19% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.19% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.03% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.37% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.36% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.20% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.20% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.14% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.11% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% 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