Birds to See in Sligo in August
69 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull and Rook. New this month: Curlew, Redshank, Chaffinch and Little Egret and 23 more.
New in August27
- Curlew
- Redshank
- Chaffinch
- Little Egret
- Blackcap
- Eurasian Teal
- Greenshank
- Stonechat
- Tufted Duck
- Ringed Plover
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Coal Tit
- Little Grebe
- Sanderling
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Whimbrel
- Northern Lapwing
- Great Crested Grebe
- Wheatear
- Long-tailed Tit
- Dunlin
- Eurasian Siskin
- Sparrowhawk
- Razorbill
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Tern
- Peregrine Falcon
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
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