Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in July
133 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Arctic Jaeger, Common Kingfisher and Merlin and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 133 birds in July
133 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.82% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.43% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.44% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.43% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.32% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.22% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.13% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.86% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.73% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.34% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.18% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.17% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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