Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in February
40 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
40 bird species on our list for West Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Great Tit and Blue Tit. New this month: Whooper Swan and Kestrel.
New in February2
Leaving after last month27
- Redwing
- Rock Dove
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Goldcrest
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Rook
- Moorhen
- Stonechat
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Eurasian Jay
- Mandarin Duck
- Redshank
- Pied Wagtail
- Fieldfare
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Little Grebe
- Canada Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Great Crested Grebe
- Coot
- Pink-footed Goose
- Sparrowhawk
- Curlew
- Greenfinch
- Common Snipe
- Little Egret
- Dipper
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)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