Birds to See in Ireland in August
164 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’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 164 birds in August
164 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.05% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.40% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.28% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.69% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.46% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug · 0.00% in Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 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