Birds to See in Bridgend in February
76 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit.
New in February
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(32)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Dec–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
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