Birds to See in Finland in August
190 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon and Great Tit.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugAt their peak
From Finland’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 190 birds in August
190 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.19% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.67% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.61% in Aug
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.97% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.39% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.20% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.08% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.07% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.01% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.92% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.85% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.85% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.82% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.78% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.68% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.61% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.60% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.56% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.42% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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