Birds to See in Powys in August
90 bird species on our list for Powys are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper and Willow Tit.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Powys’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 90 birds in August
90 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.18% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.75% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.95% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.00% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.87% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.85% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.77% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.72% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.56% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 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