Birds to See in South Lanarkshire in February
52 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
52 bird species on our list for South Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Curlew, Gadwall and Common Kingfisher.
New in February3
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
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