Birds spotted in January

Every year my wife and I are counting the individual bird species we spot each month. Always in the beginning of the year, we reset the list and start over again. Once we have seen a species for the first time in the year, we add it to the present months list. Sometimes we are very lucky and spot a bird we have never seen before. In bird nerd language this is called a life bird or a lifer. In this article I will be listing the birds spotted in January.

List of species

Below you find a list of species of birds spotted in January. All of those birds have been spotted either around our house or just a couple of Kilometers away. The list contains of 27 birds for the first month.

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Common blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Common raven (Corvus corax)
Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Eurasian goosander (Mergus merganser)
Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great tit (Parus major)
Green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Rook (Corvus frugilegu)
Willow tit (Poecile montanus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Some impressions

Find below a couple of birds spotted in January and caught on camera. I usually use a 500mm f/4 lens that gives me enough space between the bird and me and makes sure I don’t distract my little friends.