Birds to See in Scotland in July
184 bird species on our list for Scotland are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, House Sparrow, Jackdaw and Woodpigeon. New this month: Sooty Shearwater, Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Jaeger and Bonaparte's Gull.
On the move in July
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At their peak
From Scotland’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 184 birds in July
184 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.99% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.97% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.45% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.17% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.47% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.44% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentRare30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% 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