Birds to See in Antrim in August
115 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon and Common Starling. New this month: Whooper Swan, Little Egret, Sooty Shearwater and European Storm-petrel and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 115 birds in August
115 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.55% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.34% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.26% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.78% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.17% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.10% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.79% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.53% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.52% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.48% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.35% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.31% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.27% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% 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