Birds to See in Kerry in February
69 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull, Curlew and Jackdaw. New this month: Northern Gannet, Stonechat, European Shag and Eurasian Skylark and 18 more.
New in February22
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Feb
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–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