Birds to See in Waterford in July
56 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Waterford are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Rook, Black-headed Gull and Hooded Crow. New this month: Greenshank, Eurasian Collared Dove, Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper.
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly May–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Winter visitors
(2)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