Birds to See in Derry in July
82 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Wren, European Robin, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and House Martin. New this month: Redshank, Sandwich Tern, Goldcrest and Dunnock and 21 more.
New in July25
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Dec
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Nov
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jul
Summer visitors
(37)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Jul
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Sep
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Jun–Jul
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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