Birds to See in Connaught in August
133 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
133 bird species on our list for Connaught are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Black-headed Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Red-throated Loon, Red Knot and Grey Plover and 12 more.
New in August16
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(72)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly May–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Nov
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly Aug–Sep
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