Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in January
111 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Razorbill, Golden Plover, Common Merganser and Coot and 12 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 111 birds in January
111 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.56% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.51% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.39% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.24% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.24% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.94% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.91% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.86% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.83% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.77% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.74% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.71% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.65% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.62% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.59% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.41% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.41% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.41% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.38% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.38% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.32% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.32% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.27% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.27% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.24% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.18% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.18% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.09% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% 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