Birds to See in Perthshire and Kinross in August
106 bird species on our list for Perthshire and Kinross are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, European Robin and Chaffinch. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Garden Warbler, Common Snipe and Tree Pipit and 3 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Perthshire and Kinross’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 106 birds in August
106 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.41% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.46% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.16% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.46% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.22% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.00% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.62% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Aug (protected)
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% 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