Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in July
109 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Eider and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 109 birds in July
109 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.98% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.09% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.87% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.33% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.88% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.57% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.33% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.14% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.07% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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