Birds to See in Ulster in August
110 bird species on our list for Ulster are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Little Egret, Pochard and Ruff and 4 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Ulster’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 110 birds in August
110 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.06% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.22% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.47% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.42% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.39% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.36% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.21% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.96% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.91% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.88% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.88% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.81% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.78% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.73% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.68% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.66% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.58% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.53% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.53% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.51% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.51% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.43% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug · 0.40% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.28% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.23% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.23% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug · 0.20% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.18% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% 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