Birds to See in Dorset in July
153 bird species on our list for Dorset are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and European Goldfinch. New this month: Greenshank, Northern Shoveler, Yellow Wagtail and Whimbrel and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Dorset’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 153 birds in July
153 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.76% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.81% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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