Birds to See in Roscommon in July
49 bird species on our list for Roscommon are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Northern Lapwing, Coal Tit, House Sparrow and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Roscommon’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 49 birds in July
49 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.88% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.88% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.41% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.10% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.95% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.64% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.64% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.48% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.48% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.33% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 2.33% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.17% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.02% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.02% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.86% in Jul
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.86% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.86% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.71% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.71% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.71% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.71% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.55% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.55% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.55% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.55% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 1.55% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.40% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.40% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.24% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 1.09% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.09% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.09% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.93% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.93% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.93% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.78% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.78% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul · 0.62% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.47% 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