Birds to See in Louth in February
86 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Yellowhammer, Peregrine Falcon, Coal Tit and Whooper Swan and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Louth’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 86 birds in February
86 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.13% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.65% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.51% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.44% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.30% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.07% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.96% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.87% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.83% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.83% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.81% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.72% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.67% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.61% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.60% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.58% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.57% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.54% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.50% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.49% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.49% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.49% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.46% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.44% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.43% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.41% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.37% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb · 0.32% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.31% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.31% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.26% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.21% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.21% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.20% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Feb · 0.14% 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