Birds to See in Stockton-on-Tees in July
96 bird species on our list for Stockton-on-Tees are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Northern Lapwing, Canada Goose and Coot. New this month: Ruff, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank and Wood Sandpiper and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Stockton-on-Tees’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 96 birds in July
96 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.37% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.90% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.89% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.75% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.43% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.21% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.12% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.90% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.63% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.50% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.44% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.29% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.26% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
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