Birds to See in Lithuania in August
175 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail and Hooded Crow. New this month: Northern Pintail, Hen Harrier, Velvet Scoter and Common Scoter and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Yellow WagtailBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
From Lithuania’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 175 birds in August
175 birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.54% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.43% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.18% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.15% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.38% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.30% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.29% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.18% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Aug- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.68% in Aug- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.52% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.52% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% 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