Birds to See in Wexford in August
124 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon and Great Cormorant. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Plover, Hen Harrier and Merlin and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’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 124 birds in August
124 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.66% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.26% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.25% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.20% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.34% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.13% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentCommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% 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