Birds to See in Donegal in August
108 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
108 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Barn Swallow, Great Black-backed Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Little Egret, Pochard and Red Knot and 4 more.
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Summer visitors
(39)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly May–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jul–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Aug–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly 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