Birds to See in Wexford in February
111 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Little Egret and Woodpigeon. New this month: Glossy Ibis and Water Pipit.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Wexford’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 111 birds in February
111 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.40% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.29% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.26% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.02% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.01% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.81% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.76% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.76% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.36% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.35% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.26% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb · 0.15% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.10% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% 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