Birds to See in Ceredigion in January
98 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird and European Herring Gull. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Linnet, Ringed Plover and Dunlin and 9 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 98 birds in January
98 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.42% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.20% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.92% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.83% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.40% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.34% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.34% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.31% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.31% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.28% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.15% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.09% 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