Birds to See in Staffordshire in August
131 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Common Merganser, Golden Plover, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Marsh Tit and 5 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Staffordshire’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 131 birds in August
131 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.22% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.10% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.69% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.56% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–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