Birds to See in Fermanagh in August
31 bird species on our list for Fermanagh are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mute Swan, Barn Swallow, European Robin, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Rook, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck and Chaffinch and 13 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Fermanagh’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 31 birds in August
31 birds
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 6.20% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 4.74% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.74% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 4.01% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.65% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.65% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.65% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.65% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.28% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 2.92% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.92% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.55% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.55% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.55% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.19% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 2.19% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.19% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.82% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.82% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.82% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.82% in Aug
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.82% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.46% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.46% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 1.46% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 1.09% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 1.09% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug · 1.09% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRegularly May–Sep · 1.09% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug · 1.09% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.09% 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