Birds to See in Derry in February
26 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
26 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull and Jackdaw. New this month: Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Woodpigeon and 9 more.
New in February13
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Passage migrants
(1)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