Birds to See in Clare in February
101 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Robin, Rook, Curlew and Hooded Crow. New this month: Mediterranean Gull, Ruff and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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 101 birds in February
101 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.97% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.82% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.78% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.34% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.18% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.07% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.91% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.87% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.83% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.79% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.79% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.79% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.79% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.67% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.47% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.39% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.39% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.36% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.36% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.20% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.12% 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