Birds to See in Kent in August
174 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow and Magpie. New this month: Whinchat, Northern Pintail, European Pied Flycatcher and Great Skua and 13 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Kent’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 174 birds in August
174 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.86% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.04% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.61% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.56% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.33% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 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