Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in January
54 bird species on our list for Neath Port Talbot are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Tufted Duck, Blue Tit and Great Crested Grebe. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker and Grey Heron and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Neath Port Talbot’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 54 birds in January
54 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 3.07% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.74% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.48% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 2.42% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 2.42% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.29% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.29% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 2.29% in Jan
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.22% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.16% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.16% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.96% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.89% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.89% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.70% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.63% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.57% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.57% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.37% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.24% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.24% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.18% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.18% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.18% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.11% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.11% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.11% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.91% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.85% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.85% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.78% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.59% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.52% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.46% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.46% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.33% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan · 0.26% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.26% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan · 0.20% 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