Birds to See in Connaught in July
122 bird species on our list for Connaught are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Sooty Shearwater and Little Gull and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Connaught’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 122 birds in July
122 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.35% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.06% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.27% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.82% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.52% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.50% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 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