Birds to See in Cardiff in February
87 bird species on our list for Cardiff are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Eurasian Skylark and Fieldfare and 1 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Cardiff’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 87 birds in February
87 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.78% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.75% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.89% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.54% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.42% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.41% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.20% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.20% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.14% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb · 0.11% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% 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