Birds to See in Staffordshire in February
111 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Chiffchaff, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover and Mediterranean Gull.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Staffordshire’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 111 birds in February
111 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.06% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.19% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.84% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.72% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.23% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 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