Birds to See in Mayo in February
96 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Common Gull and Mallard. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Northern Gannet, Goldcrest and Fulmar and 12 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 96 birds in February
96 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.15% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.91% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.64% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.42% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.33% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.19% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.03% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.94% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.88% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.82% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.76% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.76% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.62% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.62% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.59% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.47% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.41% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.39% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.35% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.31% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.29% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.23% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.21% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.14% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.14% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% 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