Birds to See in Cardiff in January
87 bird species on our list for Cardiff are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Magpie, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Black Redstart and Gadwall.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
From Cardiff’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 87 birds in January
87 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.18% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.05% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.76% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.65% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.37% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.33% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.24% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.14% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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