Birds to See in Galway in July
119 bird species on our list for Galway are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Grey Heron. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and Sanderling and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Galway’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 119 birds in July
119 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.10% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.85% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.68% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.01% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.86% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.70% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.52% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–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