Birds to See in Derry in August
73 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 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.
New in August10
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Summer visitors
(33)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Sep
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Aug
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Sep
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Aug
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–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