Birds to See in West Yorkshire in August
140 bird species on our list for West Yorkshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Black-headed Gull and European Goldfinch. New this month: Goldeneye, Ruff, Water Rail and Whinchat and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From West Yorkshire’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 140 birds in August
140 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.16% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.95% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.83% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.27% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceRare10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
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