Birds to look for in Jan / Feb
Birds to look out for in the next month –Feb/March
1. Winter Thrushes – should be getting return passage
- Redwing
- Fieldfare
2. Finches + Larks
- Brambling – coming into gardens now
- Siskin – coming into gardens now
- Redpoll
- Linnet - note flock size
- Skylark - note flock size
3. Warblers
- Chiffchaff – Expect to hear first birds before next indoor meeting
4. Ducks and Geese
- Shelduck – now moving back inland to breed
- Goosander – moving back to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
- Wigeon
- Teal
- Shoveler
- Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Goldeneye - returning to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
- Pintail - returning to breeding areas soon, record last sightings
- Pink-footed Geese - returning to breeding areas, record last sightings
5. Waders
- Oystercatcher - now moving back inland to breed
- Golden Plover- returning to breeding areas, record last sightings
- Lapwing
- Green Sandpiper
- Redshank
- Snipe
6. Rails
- Water Rail
- Coot - note flock size
7. Gulls
- Record flock sizes and species
8. Woodpeckers
- Great Spotted and Lesser Spotted Wdpkrs are far easier to find during March before the leaves come on the trees
9. Mainly on coast
- Waxwings
- Brent Geese
- Common and Velvet Scoter
- Eider
- Scaup
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Knot
- Grey Plover
- Turnstone
- Dunlin
- Ruff
- Curlew
- Divers
- Grebes
- Raptors
- Sparrowhawk – Display during March
- Goshawk – Display during March
- Peregrine
- Merlin
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Buzzard
- Hen Harrier