Birds to See in Derry in August
74 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull and Great Cormorant. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Mistle Thrush, Sanderling and Ringed Plover and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From Derry’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 74 birds in August
74 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.18% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.38% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.83% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.53% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.28% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.28% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.15% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.07% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.03% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.94% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.86% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.81% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.73% in Aug
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.69% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.60% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.56% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.43% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.35% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.22% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.14% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.14% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.14% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.14% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.14% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.10% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.01% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.97% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.93% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.84% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.76% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.51% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.46% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug · 0.42% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug · 0.21% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.21% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–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