Birds to See in East Lothian in July
134 bird species on our list for East Lothian are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Whimbrel, Great Crested Grebe and Sanderling and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From East Lothian’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 134 birds in July
134 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.37% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.82% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.81% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.59% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.34% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.29% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.95% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.41% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.21% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jul · 0.03% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentRare60–66 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceRare41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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