Birds to See in Omagh in August
13 bird species on our list for Omagh are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Magpie, Eurasian Wren, European Robin and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Starling, Grey Heron and Rock Dove.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Omagh 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
At their peak
From Omagh’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 13 birds in August
13 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 8.21% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 7.14% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 6.79% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 6.07% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 6.07% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 5.00% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 5.00% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 4.29% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 3.93% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 3.57% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 2.14% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Aug · 2.14% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug · 1.43% 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