Birds to See in Moray in July
104 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling and Whimbrel.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Moray’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 104 birds in July
104 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.45% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.11% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.90% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.62% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.55% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.42% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.11% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.04% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.97% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.73% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.41% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · records held back in Jul (protected)
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · records held back in Jul (protected)
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · records held back in Jul (protected)
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–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