Birds to See in Angus in July
120 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Dunlin, Little Egret, Ruddy Turnstone and Arctic Tern and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Angus’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 120 birds in July
120 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.88% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.54% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.39% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.26% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.24% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.11% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.04% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.01% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.94% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.86% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.86% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.58% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.51% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.46% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.38% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.30% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.18% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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