Birds to See in Sligo in July
48 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Rook, Barn Swallow and Hooded Crow. New this month: Willow Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Manx Shearwater and Buzzard and 2 more.
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
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