Birds to See in Cork in February
115 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Curlew, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow and European Robin. New this month: Greylag Goose, Glossy Ibis, Green Sandpiper and Cattle Egret.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Cork’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 115 birds in February
115 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.36% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.78% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.69% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.52% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.17% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.13% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.61% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.55% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.11% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% 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