Birds to See in Munster in August
134 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
134 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.
Residents
(70)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug
Summer visitors
(25)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jun–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly Jul–Sep
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Aug–Oct
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
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