Birds to See in Netherlands in July
204 bird species on our list for Netherlands are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Coot, Blackbird and Mallard. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Golden Plover and Sanderling and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Netherlands’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 204 birds in July
204 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.03% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.98% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.89% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.63% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentRare120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% 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