Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in August
122 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull and Chaffinch. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Golden Plover and Peregrine Falcon and 13 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 122 birds in August
122 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.96% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.20% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.71% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.26% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.10% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.44% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.43% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.27% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug · 0.07% in Aug
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Aug (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–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