Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in February
41 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in February4
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Feb
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(1)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