Birds to See in Dundee in August
44 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
44 bird species on our list for Dundee are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie and Rock Dove. New this month: Mallard, Redshank, Moorhen and Willow Warbler and 3 more.
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Dec–Aug
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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