Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in February
109 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and European Robin. New this month: Razorbill, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black Guillemot and Iceland Gull and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 109 birds in February
109 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.50% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.94% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.75% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.54% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.40% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.35% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.26% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Feb (protected)
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb · 0.19% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.14% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · records held back in Feb (protected)
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% 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