Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in July
36 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
36 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Carrion Crow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Greenfinch.
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Feb–Jul

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Jul

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Nov

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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





