Birds to See in Russia in August
235 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
235 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Great Tit and Rock Dove. New this month: Smew, Sanderling, Barnacle Goose and Mandarin Duck and 5 more.
New in August9
Leaving after last month23
- Common Redpoll
- Corncrake
- Eurasian Bittern
- Velvet Scoter
- Tundra Swan
- Dusky Thrush
- Cetti's Warbler
- Sandhill Crane
- Pacific Loon
- Nightingale
- Squacco Heron
- Firecrest
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Red-breasted Goose
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- European Shag
- Razorbill
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Twite
- Atlantic Puffin
- Northern Gannet
- Parrot Crossbill
- Great Skua
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(150)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly May–Nov
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Steller's Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicusVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jun–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