Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in February
111 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Jackdaw, European Robin and Woodpigeon. New this month: Fulmar, Eurasian Woodcock and Arctic Loon.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 111 birds in February
111 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.96% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.78% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.34% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.24% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.21% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.06% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.96% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.39% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.34% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.31% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.28% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.26% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.26% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.23% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.13% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Feb (protected)
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