Birds to See in Flintshire in August
85 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
85 bird species on our list for Flintshire are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and Magpie. New this month: Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Teal and Goldcrest and 18 more.
New in August22
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(57)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Feb
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly May–Dec
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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