Birds to See in Denmark in February
153 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Ringed Plover, Woodlark, Fulmar and Jack Snipe and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 153 birds in February
153 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.69% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.92% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.78% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.02% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
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