Birds to See in Newport in August
104 bird species on our list for Newport are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Goldcrest, Wheatear and Little Stint and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Newport’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 104 birds in August
104 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.21% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.67% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.40% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.24% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.97% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.87% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.71% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.56% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.37% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.34% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% 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