Birds to See in Eilean Siar in February
48 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Great Black-backed Gull and Common Gull. New this month: Goldcrest.
New in February1
Leaving after last month49
- Northern Gannet
- Eurasian Skylark
- Tufted Duck
- Dunlin
- Buzzard
- Red-breasted Merganser
- European Goldfinch
- Eurasian Wren
- Eider
- Rock Pipit
- Black Guillemot
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Barnacle Goose
- Mute Swan
- Kittiwake
- Red-throated Loon
- Hen Harrier
- Song Thrush
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Greenfinch
- Linnet
- Twite
- Pink-footed Goose
- Coal Tit
- Purple Sandpiper
- Eurasian Siskin
- Greenshank
- Northern Shoveler
- Blue Tit
- Kestrel
- Merlin
- Arctic Loon
- Woodpigeon
- Common Redpoll
- Fieldfare
- Red Knot
- Snow Bunting
- Great Tit
- Gadwall
- Grey Plover
- Glaucous Gull
- Northern Pintail
- Peregrine Falcon
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Little Egret
- Dipper
- Coot
- Corn Bunting
- Long-tailed Tit
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(2)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