Birds to See in Belgium in August
193 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, Jackdaw and Great Tit. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Wheatear, Whinchat and Osprey and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
House MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillBusiest month of the year · All year
Green SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jan–Nov
From Belgium’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 193 birds in August
193 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.26% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.70% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.49% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.24% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug- House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug- Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.81% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.46% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
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