Birds to See in Clare in August
111 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Fulmar, Great Black-backed Gull and Common Starling. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Great Skua, Great Shearwater and Sabine's Gull and 14 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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 111 birds in August
111 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.34% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.37% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 2.06% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.93% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.79% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.75% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.71% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.67% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 1.66% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.52% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug · 1.11% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 1.00% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.97% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantCommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.62% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.61% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.52% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug · 0.08% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–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