Birds to See in Shetland Islands in August
106 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
106 bird species on our list for Shetland Islands are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Fulmar, European Herring Gull, Common Starling, Meadow Pipit and Northern Gannet. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Purple Sandpiper and Lesser Whitethroat and 20 more.
New in August24
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Whooper Swan
- Purple Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Whinchat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Redstart
- Red-backed Shrike
- Tree Pipit
- Common Reed-warbler
- Sooty Shearwater
- Wood Warbler
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Greenshank
- Common Merganser
- Green Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wryneck
Residents
(42)Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Summer visitors
(33)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Jul–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
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