Birds to See in Belgium in July
180 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Gull, Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Siskin and Common Snipe and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Belgium’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 180 birds in July
180 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.36% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.19% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.08% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.84% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.57% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.55% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
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