Birds to See in Neath Port Talbot in February
52 bird species on our list for Neath Port Talbot are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Skylark and Reed Bunting and 4 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Neath Port Talbot’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 52 birds in February
52 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.41% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Feb
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.73% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.39% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.83% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.60% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 2.49% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.15% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.15% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.15% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.92% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.81% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.70% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.70% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Dec–May · 1.70% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.70% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.47% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.47% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.36% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.36% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.36% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.36% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.36% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 1.24% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.13% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.13% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.13% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.02% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.90% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.79% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Feb · 0.79% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentCommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb · 0.79% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.79% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.68% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.68% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.57% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.57% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.45% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.34% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb · 0.34% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.34% 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