Birds to See in Flintshire in January
76 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Mute Swan, Grey Plover and Great Crested Grebe and 4 more.
Residents
(50)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jan
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jan
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
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