Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in February
41 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Magpie and Mute Swan. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Treecreeper, Common Raven and Common Snipe.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From North Lanarkshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 41 birds in February
41 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 4.17% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 3.48% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 3.04% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.95% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.87% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.87% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.78% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.26% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.74% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.65% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.56% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.48% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.48% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.39% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.39% in Feb
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.39% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.30% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.22% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.13% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.04% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.96% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.96% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.96% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.70% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb · 0.52% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.52% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.35% 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