Birds to See in Armagh in August
66 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
66 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Barn Swallow, Mute Swan, Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Common Gull, Ruff, Dunlin and Osprey.
New in August4
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug
Summer visitors
(15)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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