Birds to See in Latvia in July
153 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
153 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Common Swift, Great Tit, Blackbird and Chiffchaff. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull, Dunlin, Golden Plover and Little Stint and 6 more.
New in July10
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(92)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jul
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Jul
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jul–Aug
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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