Birds to See in Moray in February
106 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Woodpigeon and Eurasian Wigeon. New this month: Common Snipe, Black Guillemot, Red Crossbill and Dipper and 7 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Moray’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 106 birds in February
106 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.71% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.42% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.32% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.30% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.22% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.96% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.88% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.76% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.27% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb · 0.24% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.12% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Feb (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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