Birds to See in Edinburgh in July
113 bird species on our list for Edinburgh are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Razorbill, Arctic Tern and Eurasian Teal and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Edinburgh’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 113 birds in July
113 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 5.93% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.48% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.09% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 1.12% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.09% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · records held back in Jul (protected)
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.07% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul · 0.02% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarceRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 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