Birds to See in Cambridgeshire in July
137 bird species on our list for Cambridgeshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Goldfinch and Magpie. New this month: Common Gull, Common Sandpiper, Ruff and Whimbrel and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Cambridgeshire’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 137 birds in July
137 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.34% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.33% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.65% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.18% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.67% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.56% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.43% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · records held back in Jul (protected)
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Jul (protected)
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