Birds to See in Newry and Mourne in February
12 bird species on our list for Newry and Mourne are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Common Starling and European Robin. New this month: Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Jackdaw and Rook.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Newry and Mourne than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Northern Ireland.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Newry and Mourne’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 12 birds in February
12 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 5.00% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 5.00% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 4.29% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 4.29% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 4.29% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.57% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 3.57% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb · 2.86% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 2.86% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 2.86% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.86% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 2.86% in Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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