Birds to See in Donegal in July
112 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Common Loon, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Teal and Sanderling and 21 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Donegal’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 112 birds in July
112 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.59% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.38% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.94% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.60% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.53% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.44% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.39% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.32% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.27% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.27% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.27% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.27% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.23% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.23% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.16% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.16% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.06% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.95% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.93% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.88% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.76% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.70% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.69% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.69% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.67% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.67% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.63% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.49% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.48% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.48% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.46% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.46% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.42% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.41% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.39% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.35% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.35% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.33% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.33% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.33% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.32% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.32% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.32% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.32% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.28% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.28% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.26% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.26% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.25% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.23% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul · 0.16% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.14% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul · 0.05% 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