Birds to See in Estonia in July
169 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
169 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Barn Swallow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Greater Scaup, Great Grey Shrike and Northern Pintail and 7 more.
New in July11
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(113)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Jun–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