Birds to See in Anglesey in August
114 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow and Barn Swallow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Northern Shoveler and Common Gull and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Anglesey’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 114 birds in August
114 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.39% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.16% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.82% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.32% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.27% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.22% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.86% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.62% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.23% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% 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