Birds to See in Essex in July
141 bird species on our list for Essex are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Magpie and European Goldfinch. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Golden Plover and Ruff and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Essex’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 141 birds in July
141 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.65% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.09% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.79% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.43% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jul · 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