Birds to See in Poland in August
202 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Grey Heron and Great Tit. New this month: Northern Pintail, Velvet Scoter, Common Scoter and Dotterel and 5 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Poland’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 202 birds in August
202 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.03% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.65% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.63% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.61% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.94% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.89% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.87% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.84% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.73% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.49% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.30% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.28% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% 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