Birds to See in Ceredigion in August
111 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Barn Swallow and Woodpigeon. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Common Gull and Great White Egret and 11 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’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 111 birds in August
111 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.97% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.35% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.13% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.99% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.80% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.66% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.63% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.52% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.44% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.33% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.30% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.28% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.28% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.25% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Aug (protected)
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.08% 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