Birds to See in Swansea in August
96 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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 16 more.
New in August20
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(51)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Summer visitors
(17)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Aug
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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