Birds to See in Mayo in July
94 bird species on our list for Mayo are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Meadow Pipit, Common Starling and Hooded Crow. New this month: Tufted Duck, Sanderling, Greenshank and Sooty Shearwater and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Mayo’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 94 birds in July
94 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.88% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.38% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.95% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.62% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.42% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.40% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.15% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.02% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.84% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.78% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.55% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.47% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.44% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.44% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.44% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.33% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.24% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.24% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.22% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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