Birds to See in Lancashire in July
146 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Goldfinch and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Ruff, Golden Plover, Ruddy Turnstone and Cattle Egret and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Lancashire’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 146 birds in July
146 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.09% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.85% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.54% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.98% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.72% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.61% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.49% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.46% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.14% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 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