Birds to See in Cork in August
119 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Common Snipe, Northern Shoveler, Common Redpoll and Ruff and 7 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Cork’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 119 birds in August
119 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.10% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.60% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.56% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.43% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.30% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.51% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.34% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.21% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% 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