Birds to See in Newry and Mourne in August
11 bird species on our list for Newry and Mourne are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Buzzard, Magpie, House Sparrow and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Magpie, European Herring Gull, Rock Dove and Rook and 4 more.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Newry and Mourne than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Northern Ireland.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From Newry and Mourne’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 11 birds in August
11 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 7.41% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 5.56% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 4.63% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 3.70% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 3.70% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 3.70% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 3.70% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 3.70% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly May–Feb · 3.70% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 2.78% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug · 2.78% in Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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