Birds to See in Russia in July
249 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
249 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Common Swift, Rock Dove and Great Tit. New this month: Bullfinch, Great Grey Shrike, Little Stint and Dipper and 11 more.
New in July15
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(159)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly May–Nov
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jul
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly May–Jul
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Jun–Mar
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pacific Loon
Gavia pacificaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Oct
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Jun–Jul
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Jul
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jul
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Jul
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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