Birds to See in Surrey in August
134 bird species on our list for Surrey are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Magpie. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Common Gull, Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Surrey’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 134 birds in August
134 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.75% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.18% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.85% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.12% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Aug (protected)
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 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