Birds to See in Wexford in July
117 bird species on our list for Wexford are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Great Cormorant. New this month: Red Knot, Ruff, Barnacle Goose and Grey Plover and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Wexford’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 117 birds in July
117 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.49% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.76% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.60% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.05% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.68% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.47% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.38% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.23% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% 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