Birds to See in Westmeath in February
32 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
32 bird species on our list for Westmeath are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Chaffinch, Common Starling, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Great Cormorant, European Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe and Coot and 1 more.
New in February5
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Feb
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
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