Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in February
89 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Chaffinch. New this month: Red Crossbill, Tawny Owl, Hawfinch and European Green Woodpecker and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebFrom Perthshire and Kinross’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 89 birds in February
89 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.65% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.19% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.76% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.55% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.48% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.48% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.32% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.30% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Feb
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.21% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.16% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 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