Birds to See in Antrim in July
110 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Kestrel, Pink-footed Goose, Red-breasted Merganser and Common Scoter and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 110 birds in July
110 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.14% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.50% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.03% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.68% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.26% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.07% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.98% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.52% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.48% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.16% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.12% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.10% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% 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