Birds to See in Cornwall in July
140 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow and European Goldfinch. New this month: Greenshank, Great Shearwater, Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail and 9 more.
On the move in July
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At their peak
From Cornwall’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 140 birds in July
140 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.66% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.99% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.61% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.38% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.32% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.00% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.38% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.22% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% 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