Birds to See in Latvia in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 156 birds in August
156 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.62% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.12% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.71% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.12% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.95% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.72% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.60% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.50% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.04% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.63% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.33% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% 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