Birds to See in Louth in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Louth’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 83 birds in August
83 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.51% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.15% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.99% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.75% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.66% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.39% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.24% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.21% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.21% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.79% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.60% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.60% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug · 0.48% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.45% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.45% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.33% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug · 0.33% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.33% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug · 0.33% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.27% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.24% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.18% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug · 0.15% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% 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