Birds to See in Estonia in July
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.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’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 169 birds in July
169 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.84% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.44% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.15% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.10% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.39% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.31% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.25% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.11% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.08% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.04% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.97% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.74% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.67% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.45% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% 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