Birds to See in Torfaen in January
36 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
36 bird species on our list for Torfaen are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit and Great Tit. New this month: Song Thrush, Redwing, Eurasian Jay and Eurasian Nuthatch and 4 more.
New in January8
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(1)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