Birds to See in Roscommon in February
26 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
26 bird species on our list for Roscommon are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Magpie and Mallard. New this month: Hooded Crow, Mallard, Eurasian Wren and Common Raven and 9 more.
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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