Birds to See in Warwickshire in August
113 bird species on our list for Warwickshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Mallard and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Common Snipe, Greenshank and Wheatear and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Warwickshire’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 113 birds in August
113 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.18% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.87% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.38% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.75% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.46% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% 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