Birds to See in Blaenau Gwent in January
44 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
44 bird species on our list for Blaenau Gwent are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Magpie and European Herring Gull. New this month: Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, European Green Woodpecker and Mistle Thrush and 3 more.
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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










