Birds to See in Rutland in August
128 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard and Great Cormorant. New this month: Northern Pintail, Stonechat, Red-crested Pochard and Sanderling and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 128 birds in August
128 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.93% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.34% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.23% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.09% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.93% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.64% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.33% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.09% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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