Birds to See in Kildare in July
58 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Kildare are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Rook, Hooded Crow and Jackdaw. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Treecreeper, Northern Lapwing and Water Rail and 3 more.
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul
Summer visitors
(19)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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