Birds to See in Kildare in August
26 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
26 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Rook, Barn Swallow and Hooded Crow. New this month: Kestrel.
New in August1
Leaving after last month33
- European Herring Gull
- Dunnock
- House Sparrow
- Blackcap
- Little Grebe
- Mistle Thrush
- Black-headed Gull
- Coot
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Common Swift
- Bullfinch
- Coal Tit
- Grey Wagtail
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Greenfinch
- Treecreeper
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Meadow Pipit
- Reed Bunting
- Common Kingfisher
- Sand Martin
- Common Redpoll
- Sedge Warbler
- Yellowhammer
- Common Pheasant
- Common Raven
- Eurasian Skylark
- Northern Lapwing
- Water Rail
- Dipper
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Great Black-backed Gull
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
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