Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in February
104 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Jackdaw. New this month: Water Rail, Common Kingfisher, Little Gull and Yellow-legged Gull and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 104 birds in February
104 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.97% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.39% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.33% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.11% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.94% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.91% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.91% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.86% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.86% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.80% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.55% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.55% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.53% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.44% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.36% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.28% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.22% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.19% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.19% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb · 0.17% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.17% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.14% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb · 0.11% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.08% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Feb (protected)
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