Birds to See in Kilkenny in February
19 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
19 bird species on our list for Kilkenny are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch and Great Tit. New this month: Eurasian Wren, European Goldfinch, Dunnock and Black-headed Gull and 1 more.
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(9)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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