Birds to See in Ireland in July
160 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Sooty Shearwater, Arctic Jaeger and Grey Plover and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 160 birds in July
160 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.99% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.51% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.35% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% 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