Birds to See in South Yorkshire in February
116 bird species on our list for South Yorkshire are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Avocet, Curlew and Redshank and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From South Yorkshire’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 116 birds in February
116 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.89% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.94% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.93% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.23% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Feb (protected)
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% 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