Birds to See in Waterford in August
63 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: European Storm-petrel, Great Tit, Northern Gannet and Ruddy Turnstone and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Waterford’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 63 birds in August
63 birds
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.90% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 4.68% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.27% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.30% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.93% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.71% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.56% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.41% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.26% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.19% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.19% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.11% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.11% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.04% in Aug
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.97% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.89% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Aug · 0.74% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.74% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.59% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug · 0.59% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.59% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.37% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.37% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Aug (protected)
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.30% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.22% 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