Birds to See in Cornwall in August
166 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Great Black-backed Gull and Carrion Crow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Northern Lapwing and Water Rail and 28 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Cornwall’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 166 birds in August
166 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.94% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.94% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.89% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.09% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 1.04% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.98% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.87% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.70% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.45% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.29% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.13% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 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