Birds to See in Angus in August
127 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Greenshank, Great Crested Grebe, Ruff and Atlantic Puffin and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 127 birds in August
127 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.59% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.64% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.58% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.56% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.40% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.25% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.16% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.12% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.86% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.81% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.79% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.75% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.42% in Aug
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.42% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Aug · 0.24% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.15% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 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