Birds to See in Bridgend in January
92 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Linnet, Grey Wagtail, Peregrine Falcon and Treecreeper and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Bridgend’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 92 birds in January
92 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.61% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.66% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.57% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.54% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.32% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.32% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.24% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.21% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.21% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.21% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.18% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.18% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.12% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.07% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.01% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.93% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.93% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.90% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.76% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.73% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.70% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.70% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.53% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.45% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.42% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.42% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.39% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.36% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.34% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.34% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.34% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.28% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.28% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.22% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.17% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jan · 0.17% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 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