Birds to See in Bridgend in August
73 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Wheatear, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Ruddy Turnstone and Mediterranean Gull and 15 more.
New in August19
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Aug
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(4)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