Birds to See in West Midlands in July
93 bird species on our list for West Midlands are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Common Merganser, Eurasian Siskin, Green Sandpiper and Common Redstart and 2 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From West Midlands’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 93 birds in July
93 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.35% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.45% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.22% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.68% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.64% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.61% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.39% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.32% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceRare140–165 cmRegularly Feb–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