Birds to See in Wicklow in August
112 bird species on our list for Wicklow are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, European Robin, Hooded Crow and Rook. New this month: Greylag Goose, Golden Plover, Gadwall and Great Crested Grebe and 2 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Wicklow’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 112 birds in August
112 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.28% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.37% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.99% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.63% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.57% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.53% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.51% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Aug (protected)
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% 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