Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in August
132 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow and House Martin. New this month: Greenshank, Canada Goose, Ruff and Common Crane and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 132 birds in August
132 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 4.28% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.40% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.24% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.89% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.80% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.47% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.46% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.44% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.31% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.30% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.24% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.21% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Aug (protected)
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