Birds to See in Angus in February
99 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, European Herring Gull and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Red Kite and 9 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 99 birds in February
99 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.93% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.93% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.93% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.85% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.65% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.65% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.61% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.61% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.56% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.56% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.48% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.36% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.32% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb · 0.20% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Feb
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.16% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.12% 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