Birds to See in Merthyr Tydfil in January
23 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Merthyr Tydfil are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Buzzard, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Great Tit. New this month: Carrion Crow, Buzzard, Woodpigeon and Blackbird and 9 more.
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jan
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jan
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
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