Birds to See in Derry in July
84 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 20 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Derry’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 84 birds in July
84 birds
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.69% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.18% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.12% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.91% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.88% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.64% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.61% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.55% in Jul
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.49% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 2.16% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.01% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.89% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.89% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.80% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.65% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.56% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.53% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.38% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.38% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.35% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.35% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.26% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.23% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.23% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 1.14% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.14% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.11% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.05% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.99% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.90% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.87% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.84% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.81% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.81% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.60% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.51% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.48% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.45% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.36% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.27% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jul · 0.21% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jul · 0.18% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul · 0.15% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarceUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul · 0.12% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · records held back in Jul (protected)
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