Birds to See in Swansea in August
96 bird species on our list for Swansea are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow and Jackdaw. New this month: Curlew, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Teal and Ruddy Turnstone and 15 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Swansea’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 96 birds in August
96 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.75% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.24% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.54% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.51% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.31% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.96% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.74% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.70% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.67% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.45% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.45% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.38% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.35% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.32% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.26% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoScarceUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug · 0.19% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.19% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug · 0.16% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.10% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% 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