Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in August
178 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and Carrion Crow. New this month: Wheatear, European Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart and Northern Pintail and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’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 178 birds in August
178 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.28% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.30% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.02% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.91% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.71% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.53% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.34% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Aug · 0.05% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Aug (protected)
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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