Birds to See in Dublin in August
118 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Redpoll, Northern Shoveler and Curlew Sandpiper and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Dublin’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 118 birds in August
118 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.62% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.02% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.78% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.70% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% 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