Birds to See in Lancashire in August
147 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, European Robin and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Merlin, Red-breasted Merganser and Curlew Sandpiper and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Lancashire’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 147 birds in August
147 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.37% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.17% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Feb–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