Birds to See in Clackmannanshire in August
68 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
68 bird species on our list for Clackmannanshire are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, European Robin and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Common Pheasant, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Teal and Bullfinch and 15 more.
New in August19
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(37)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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