Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in August
127 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Great Cormorant, European Robin and Northern Gannet. New this month: Common Gull, Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe and Peregrine Falcon and 17 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
WhimbrelBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
European Storm-petrelBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Arctic JaegerBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
Sandwich TernBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Balearic ShearwaterBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
From Pembrokeshire’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 127 birds in August
127 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.10% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.98% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.90% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.72% in Aug- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.63% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.35% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.23% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.89% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.79% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.75% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.74% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.65% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.61% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.60% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug- European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.47% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.45% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.31% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.25% in Aug- Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.23% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.17% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Aug (protected)
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