Birds to See in Cork in July
113 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull and Barn Swallow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstone and Bar-tailed Godwit and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Cork’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 · 4.22% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.00% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.74% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.44% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.14% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.97% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.79% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.29% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.25% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% 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