Birds to See in Gwynedd in January
97 bird species on our list for Gwynedd are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Eider, Common Scoter, Common Kingfisher and Horned Grebe and 5 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Gwynedd’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 97 birds in January
97 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.86% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.68% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.31% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.81% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.79% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.52% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.50% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.31% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.31% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.29% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.18% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.08% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.08% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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