Birds to See in Anglesey in February
117 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Jackdaw and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Chiffchaff, Northern Gannet, Eurasian Bittern and Pink-footed Goose and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 117 birds in February
117 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.19% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.73% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.52% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.06% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.96% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.81% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.75% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.75% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.40% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.40% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.35% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.29% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.25% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.21% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.17% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% 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