Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in August
28 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
28 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Mallard. New this month: Great Cormorant, Chaffinch, Grey Heron and Little Grebe and 3 more.
Residents
(18)Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jan–Aug
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(1)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