Birds and other
wildlife recorded in January 2026
Quite a brief list to
herald the beginning of the new year. Probably the birds as well as the
recorders were not out in force!
Woodpigeon
and Collared Dove were both observed, but no Stock Dove noted. Great-spotted
Woodpeckers were about. Robins were also fairly frequent. Three members of the
thrush family were recorded: Song Thrush, Blackbird and Redwing. There was a Chiffchaff, a bird we used to
think of very much as a summer visitor, but now some are found still in the UK in
the winter months. Wrens were heard
fairly frequently. The three common members of the tit family were also
recorded: Great Tit, Coal Tit and Blue Tit, as well as their very distant
relative Long-tailed Tit (actually in the Babbler family, not a “real” tit at
all)
The
occasional Nuthatch was spotted, and the common corvids were also fairly
frequent: Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay and Carrion Crow. No Rook this month? And no
passing Raven? Finally finches: Chaffinch and Goldfinch and some Siskins.
Grey Squirrels were the only mammals recorded, except for a couple of
casualties: a dead mouse and a deceased vole, both found on a very cold day.
Please
help to build up our sightings for the coming year by sending in a note of what
you’ve seen or heard. Birds, mammals,
amphibians, plants – all welcome!
