Birds to See in Caerphilly in January
28 bird species on our list for Caerphilly are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Carrion Crow. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Collared Dove, Goldcrest and Redwing.
On the move in January
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From Caerphilly’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 28 birds in January
28 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 9.74% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 9.55% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 8.99% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 6.74% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.81% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 5.81% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.06% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.75% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 3.75% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.18% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 2.62% in Jan
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.62% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.69% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.50% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 1.31% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.31% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 1.12% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.12% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 1.12% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.94% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.75% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.75% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Goldcrest 9–10 cm
- Eurasian Wren 9–10 cm
- Coal Tit 10–12 cm
- Blue Tit 11–12 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Eurasian Nuthatch 13–15 cm
- Dunnock 14–15 cm
- Long-tailed Tit 13–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Bullfinch 15–17 cm
- Song Thrush 20–23 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Redwing 20–24 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Woodpigeon 40–42 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Common Raven 58–69 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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