Birds to See in Eilean Siar in August
103 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Greylag Goose. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Greenshank, Rook and Sooty Shearwater and 4 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From Eilean Siar’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 103 birds in August
103 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.54% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.85% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.74% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.40% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.27% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.12% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.08% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.07% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.07% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.05% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.96% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.90% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.79% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.74% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.63% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.38% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Aug (protected)
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
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