Birds to See in Wicklow in February
99 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Rook and Woodpigeon. New this month: Chiffchaff, Coot, Common Kingfisher and Great Crested Grebe and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Wicklow’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 99 birds in February
99 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.02% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.44% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.25% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.21% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.18% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.11% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Feb
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.05% 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