Birds to See in Waterford in August
61 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
61 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Rook, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Great Tit, Northern Gannet, Ruddy Turnstone and Rock Pipit and 11 more.
New in August15
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly May–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
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