Birds to See in Latvia in August
156 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
156 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, European Herring Gull and Mallard. New this month: Eurasian Bittern, Velvet Scoter, Common Scoter and Hen Harrier and 10 more.
New in August14
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(81)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Aug
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jul–Aug
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Aug
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
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