Birds to See in Armagh in July
72 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Armagh are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Grey Heron and House Martin. New this month: Great Black-backed Gull, Buzzard, Little Egret and Mistle Thrush and 16 more.
New in July20
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(45)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Sep
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Aug
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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