Birds to See in Rutland in July
121 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird and European Goldfinch. New this month: Common Snipe, Ruff, Arctic Tern and Whimbrel and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 121 birds in July
121 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.91% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.69% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.50% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.29% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.93% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.82% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.69% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% 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