Birds to See in Latvia in July
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.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 153 birds in July
153 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 3.32% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.77% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.67% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.33% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.04% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.86% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.57% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.49% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.90% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.83% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.74% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.72% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.72% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.48% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.47% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.28% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.16% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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