Birds to See in Belfast in August
76 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Belfast are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull and Woodpigeon. New this month: Blackcap, Little Egret, Ruff and Eurasian Wigeon and 10 more.
New in August14
Residents
(42)Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(18)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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