Birds to See in Down in July
69 bird species on our list for Down are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, European Robin, Coal Tit, Rock Dove and Chaffinch. New this month: Redshank, Greenfinch, Arctic Tern and Kittiwake and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Down’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 69 birds in July
69 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 7.14% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.39% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 5.35% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 3.35% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.07% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.96% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.93% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.86% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.64% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.57% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.43% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.21% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.18% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.18% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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