Birds to See in Powys in January
81 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blue Tit and Woodpigeon. New this month: Rock Dove, Peregrine Falcon, Gadwall and Common Shelduck and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Powys’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 81 birds in January
81 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.13% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.31% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.27% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.85% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.85% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.68% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.51% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.38% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.38% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.34% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.30% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.25% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.21% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jan · 0.13% 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