Birds to See in Estonia in August
166 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Mallard and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Coal Tit, Hen Harrier, Black Guillemot and Peregrine Falcon and 3 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’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 166 birds in August
166 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.89% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.84% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.45% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.43% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.18% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.11% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.09% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.94% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.92% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.84% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.82% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.79% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.61% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.40% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.21% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% 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