Birds to See in Bedfordshire in August
107 bird species on our list for Bedfordshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Snipe and Ringed Plover and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Green SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jan
Yellow WagtailBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug
From Bedfordshire’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 107 birds in August
107 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.54% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.99% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.92% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.85% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.58% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug- Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.47% in Aug- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Aug- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.33% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.05% in Aug- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 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