Birds to See in Waterford in July
58 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.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Waterford’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 58 birds in July
58 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 4.08% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.69% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.69% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.00% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.82% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.56% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.48% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.39% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.30% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.22% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.96% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.96% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.87% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.78% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.70% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.70% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.61% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.43% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Jul (protected)
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul · 0.35% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
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