Birds to See in Aberdeen in August
106 bird species on our list for Aberdeen are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Little Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Coot and Sooty Shearwater and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeen’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 106 birds in August
106 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.02% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.16% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.90% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.85% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.76% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.68% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.66% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.58% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.33% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.13% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.78% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.78% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.25% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug · 0.06% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.04% 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