Birds to See in Fife in July
130 bird species on our list for Fife are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallow and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Velvet Scoter, Red Knot, Golden Plover and Mediterranean Gull and 1 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Fife’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 130 birds in July
130 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.86% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.72% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.46% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.26% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 1.26% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.02% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.64% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.14% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.12% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · records held back in Jul (protected)
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · records held back in Jul (protected)
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 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