Birds to See in Meath in February
38 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Meath are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Common Starling. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Dunnock, Common Gull and Goldcrest and 6 more.
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jul–May
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)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