Birds to See in Shropshire in July
104 bird species on our list for Shropshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit and European Robin. New this month: Common Merganser, Common Gull, Dunlin and Great Black-backed Gull and 1 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Shropshire’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 104 birds in July
104 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.75% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.75% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.03% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.95% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.67% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.28% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.74% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% 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