Birds to See in Eilean Siar in July
102 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit, Common Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Grasshopper Warbler.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulAt their peak
From Eilean Siar’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 102 birds in July
102 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.93% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.96% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.72% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.51% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.43% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.42% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.30% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.23% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.21% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.19% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.05% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.97% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.96% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.74% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.73% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.64% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.37% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.33% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.33% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · records held back in Jul (protected)
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaScarceUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
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