Birds to See in Conwy in February
107 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Surf Scoter, Linnet, Northern Gannet and Eurasian Nuthatch and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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 107 birds in February
107 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.95% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.73% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.71% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.17% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantCommon48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.83% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.83% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.82% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.82% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.58% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.46% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.38% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.38% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.30% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.28% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.26% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.24% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.20% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.10% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.08% 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