Birds to See in Offaly in July
64 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 bird species on our list for Offaly are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Eurasian Wren, Rook and Blackbird. New this month: Little Egret, Great Cormorant, Grey Partridge and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 5 more.
Residents
(45)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly May–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)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