Birds to See in Munster in February
130 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Curlew. New this month: White-tailed Sea-eagle, Glossy Ibis, Barn Owl and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 130 birds in February
130 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.09% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.66% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.60% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.26% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.05% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.76% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.70% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.61% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.56% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.43% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.40% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% 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