Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in January
54 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Jan
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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