Birds to See in Surrey in July
124 bird species on our list for Surrey are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blue Tit and Blackbird. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Greenshank, Dunlin and Wood Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Surrey’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 124 birds in July
124 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.09% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.54% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.06% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Jul (protected)
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 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