Birds to See in Denmark in July
193 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and Hooded Crow. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Northern Pintail and Curlew Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’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 193 birds in July
193 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.64% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.05% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.96% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.74% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.73% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.29% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.04% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.85% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.67% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.29% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.29% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.24% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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