Birds to See in Wiltshire in August
117 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, European Robin, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Snipe and Dunlin and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 117 birds in August
117 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.94% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.89% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.38% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.45% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Aug (protected)
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec–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