Birds to See in Renfrewshire in August
75 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
75 bird species on our list for Renfrewshire are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and Mute Swan. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Treecreeper, Common Snipe and Meadow Pipit and 13 more.
New in August17
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(46)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–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