Birds to See in Rhondda, Cynon, Taff in January
52 bird species on our list for Rhondda, Cynon, Taff are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Magpie and Woodpigeon. New this month: Mistle Thrush, Canada Goose, Treecreeper and Black-headed Gull and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Rhondda, Cynon, Taff’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 52 birds in January
52 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.77% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 5.42% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.11% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.11% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.67% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.15% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.06% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.97% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.89% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 2.62% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.45% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.19% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.84% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.84% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.75% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.66% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.57% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.57% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.57% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.49% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.40% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.40% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.22% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.22% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.14% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.14% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.05% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.96% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisWinter visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.87% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.79% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.70% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.61% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.52% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.44% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.44% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.44% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.44% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.35% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% 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