Birds to See in Luxembourg in August
97 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Mallard. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Common Snipe and Lesser Whitethroat and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Luxembourg’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 97 birds in August
97 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.37% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.30% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.23% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.17% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.83% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.45% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.76% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.72% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.69% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.60% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.53% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.41% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% 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