Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in August
43 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for West Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon. New this month: Eurasian Nuthatch, Rook, Eurasian Jay and Bullfinch and 3 more.
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Aug
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Winter visitors
(3)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