Birds to See in East Dunbartonshire in July
25 bird species on our list for East Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, European Goldfinch, Blackbird and Carrion Crow. New this month: Great Tit, Barn Swallow, Common Raven and Common Swift and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
From East Dunbartonshire’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 25 birds in July
25 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.90% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.75% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 5.36% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 4.98% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.45% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.07% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 3.07% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.30% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 1.92% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.92% in Jul
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Jul–May · 1.92% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul · 1.92% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.92% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.53% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.53% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 1.53% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.53% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jul · 1.15% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.15% in Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Wren 9–10 cm
- Chiffchaff 10–12 cm
- Blue Tit 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Common Swift 16–17 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Woodpigeon 40–42 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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