Birds to See in Louth in August
83 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
83 bird species on our list for Louth are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Hooded Crow. New this month: Grey Plover, Blackcap, Common Scoter and Common Pheasant and 10 more.
New in August14
Residents
(52)Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Aug
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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