Birds to See in Wiltshire in July
118 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit, European Goldfinch and Jackdaw. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Wheatear, Common Gull and Water Rail and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’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 118 birds in July
118 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.73% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.09% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.97% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Jul · 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