Birds to See in Mayo in August
82 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 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.
New in August9
Residents
(46)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly May–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
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