Birds to See in Poland in February
149 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard, Magpie and Hooded Crow. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Skylark and Eurasian Bittern and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Poland’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 149 birds in February
149 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.31% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.30% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.06% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.99% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.97% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.92% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.74% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.46% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.42% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% 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