Birds to See in Leinster in July
143 bird species on our list for Leinster are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Barn Swallow. New this month: Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Barnacle Goose and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Leinster’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 143 birds in July
143 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.58% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.87% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.51% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.15% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.46% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Aug · 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