Birds to See in Dublin in February
115 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Red Grouse and Red Kite.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Dublin’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 115 birds in February
115 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.41% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.45% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.83% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.76% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.62% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% 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