Birds to See in Denmark in August
190 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Great Cormorant and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Hen Harrier, European Pied Flycatcher, Merlin and Sooty Shearwater and 2 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’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 190 birds in August
190 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.14% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.99% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.78% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.42% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.15% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.05% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.88% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.63% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.46% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.41% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% 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