Birds to See in Sligo in July
50 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.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Sligo’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 50 birds in July
50 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 5.37% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 3.52% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.52% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.32% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.22% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.03% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.93% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.83% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 2.73% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.25% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.25% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.05% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.05% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.86% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.66% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.66% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.66% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.66% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.56% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.46% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.46% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.46% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.46% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.46% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.46% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.37% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.37% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 1.37% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.27% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.27% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.17% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 1.17% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.07% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.07% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.98% in Jul
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.88% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.78% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.68% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.49% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.39% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 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