Birds to See in Belfast in July
72 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Belfast are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Common Tern. New this month: Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit and Common Snipe and 3 more.
Residents
(37)Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jul
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Jul
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
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