Birds to See in Staffordshire in July
131 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Ruff, Northern Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull and Western Marsh-harrier and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Common SwiftBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Little Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Common RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Staffordshire’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 131 birds in July
131 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.42% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.92% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.82% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul- Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.65% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.46% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.13% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul- Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.89% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul- Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Jul- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.29% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.14% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 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