Birds to See in Suffolk in August
166 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit and European Herring Gull. New this month: Wheatear, Red-throated Loon, Whinchat and Peregrine Falcon and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 166 birds in August
166 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.79% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.82% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.68% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.48% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–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