Birds to See in Mayo in August
83 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail and Common Starling. New this month: Greylag Goose, Ruddy Turnstone, Whimbrel and Common Scoter and 5 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 83 birds in August
83 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.98% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.90% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.73% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.69% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.56% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.42% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.38% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.24% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.18% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.97% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.97% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.93% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.90% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.83% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.59% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
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