Birds to See in Munster in August
135 bird species on our list for Munster are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Rook and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Red-throated Loon and Northern Pintail and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Munster’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 135 birds in August
135 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.62% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.41% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.27% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.98% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.81% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.68% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.65% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.25% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.20% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · records held back in Aug (protected)
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