Birds to See in Angus in July
115 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
115 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.
New in July16
Residents
(57)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Jul–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Summer visitors
(38)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Jan–Oct
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
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