Birds to See in Dublin in July
113 bird species on our list for Dublin are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Rock Dove. New this month: Great Crested Grebe, Common Scoter, Ruff and Green Sandpiper and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Dublin’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 113 birds in July
113 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.78% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.28% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.01% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.38% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.81% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.18% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% 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