Birds to See in East Ayrshire in February
22 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
22 bird species on our list for East Ayrshire are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Mute Swan and Common Raven. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Common Gull.
New in February3
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jan–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–May
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Jul
Passage migrants
(3)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