Birds to See in Conwy in August
99 bird species on our list for Conwy are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Common Scoter, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Turnstone and Dunlin and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Conwy’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 99 birds in August
99 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.11% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.05% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.38% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.44% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.42% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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