Birds to See in Armagh in February
57 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Blackbird. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Northern Lapwing, European Herring Gull and Smew and 6 more.
Residents
(39)Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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